Hind vs. Rear — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hind and Rear
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Hind
Located at or forming the back or rear; posterior
An animal's hind legs.
The hinder part of a steer.
Rear
A hind part.
Hind
A female red deer.
Rear
The point or area farthest from the front
The rear of the hall.
Hind
Any of various spotted groupers of the genus Epinephelus or various related fishes of the genus Cephalopholis.
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Rear
The part of a military deployment usually farthest from the fighting front.
Hind
Chiefly British A farm laborer, especially a skilled worker.
Rear
(Informal) The buttocks.
Hind
(Archaic) A country bumpkin; a rustic.
Rear
Of, at, or located in the rear.
Hind
Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
Rear
To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up. See Usage Note at raise.
Hind
Backward; to the rear.
Rear
To tend (growing plants or animals).
Hind
A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
Rear
To build; erect.
Hind
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
Rear
(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.
Hind
(archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
Rear
To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.
Hind
The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
Rear
To rise high in the air; tower.
Hind
A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; - called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
Rear
(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
Hind
A domestic; a servant.
Rear
To breed and raise.
The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.
Hind
A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
The hind, that homeward driving the slow steerTells how man's daily work goes forward here.
Rear
(intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs
The horse was shocked, and thus reared.
Hind
In the rear; - opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
Rear
To get angry.
Hind
Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
Rear
(intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
Hind
Female red deer
Rear
To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
The monster slowly reared its head.
Hind
Located at or near the back of an animal;
Back (or hind) legs
The hinder part of a carcass
Rear
To construct by building; to set up
To rear defenses or houses
To rear one government on the ruins of another.
Rear
To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
Rear
To lift and take up.
Rear
To rouse; to strip up.
Rear
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
Rear
To sodomize perform anal sex
Rear
(transitive) To move; stir.
Rear
To carve.
Rear that goose!
Rear
(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
Rear
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
The rear rank of a company
Sit in the rear seats of a car
Rear
(of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
Rear
(of meats) Rare.
Rear
Early; soon
Rear
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
Rear
(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
Rear
(anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
Rear
Early; soon.
Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear?
Rear
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; - opposed to front.
Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.
Rear
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear.
Rear
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
Rear
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
Rear
To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
In adoration at his feet I fellSubmiss; he reared me.
It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts.
Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.
Rear
To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
One reared a font of stone.
Rear
To lift and take up.
And having her from Trompart lightly reared,Upon his courser set the lovely load.
Rear
To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
He wants a father to protect his youth,And rear him up to virtue.
Rear
To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
Rear
To rouse; to stir up.
And seeks the tusky boar to rear.
Rear
To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
Rear
The back of a military formation or procession;
Infantrymen were in the rear
Rear
The side of an object that is opposite its front;
His room was toward the rear of the hotel
Rear
The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;
He stood at the back of the stage
It was hidden in the rear of the store
Rear
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Rear
The side that goes last or is not normally seen;
He wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Rear
Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds;
The horse reared in terror
Rear
Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children
Rear
Rise up;
The building rose before them
Rear
Cause to rise up
Rear
Construct, build, or erect;
Raise a barn
Rear
Located in or toward the back or rear;
The chair's rear legs
The rear door of the plane
On the rearward side
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