to rear
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4.9
- verb
- /rɪr/
:
encabritarse
- The horse suddenly reared up on its hind legs, startling the onlookers.
- rear its head
- rear its ugly head
Where these broke surface, giant forests reared up into the burning, dull green sky, smothering the former wheat fields of temperate Europe and North America.
- Where these broke surface, giant forests reared up into the burning, dull green sky, smothering the former wheat fields of temperate Europe and North America.
- So the human being rears its head anyway.
- Oh, once again, that doubt that imposter rears his ugly head.
- When does that start to creep in and rear itself?
- Was there other things that you where that monster would rear its ugly head or take control of you?
- And then the Alex P Keating kind of garb started to to rear its head.
- And was there any sort of physical symptoms or consequences of that psychological trauma that reared their head?
- Didn't really rear their head because you're beating Dundee and you draw them with some, you know you're not getting beat.
- The way that paragraph described the notion that in these close relationships, the unhealed parts of ourselves are going to pop up and rear their heads.
Examples
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I saw the bull rear up and run away with her, and I lost my mind.
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Just take a deep breath, rear back, and let it rip.
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Then suddenly, out of nowhere, he rears up at me, screaming for his money.
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Finally, they broke from the enclosing trees, and several of their horses reared in sudden fright.
Fiction book (1992) -
Outside, the horse whinnies loudly and rears up on its hind legs.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the performance, the elephant reared up, showcasing its strength and agility.
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As the tiger reared back, it prepared to pounce on its unsuspecting prey.
Synonyms
1
4.9
Stand up on the back legs, often suddenly from fear or excitement
1
7.5
Rise up on the hind legs, lifting the front of the body
To rise up on the back legs, often suddenly
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.1
A senior navy officer who commands a group of ships and ranks above a captain
How Upright
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb rear meaning 'to rise up' comes from an old word with the idea 'raise' and is like the common word raise, so when an animal rears it 'raises' itself up on its hind legs.