rearange.html - See: BRING UP THE REAR.

rearange.html - {n.} 1. The back part (usually of a vehicle) * /The rear end of our car was smashed when we stopped suddenly and the car behind us hit us./ - Often used like an adjective, with a hyphen. * /A head-on crash is more likely to kill the passengers than a rear-end crash./ Contrast: HEAD-ON. 2. Rump; backside. * /Bobby's mother was so annoyed with his teasing that she swatted his rear end./

rearange.html - {v. phr.} To appear; emerge. * /After decades of certainty that tuberculosis had been eradicated globally, it suddenly reared its ugly head right here in the United States./

rearange.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 the back part of anything.
2 the space behind, or position at the back of, anything (a large house with a terrace at the rear).
3 the hindmost part of an army or fleet.
4 colloq. the buttocks.

--adj.

at the back.

bring up the rear come last. in the rear behind; at the back. rear admiral a naval officer ranking below vice admiral. rear commodore a yacht-club officer below vice commodore. rear-lamp (or -light) a usu. red light at the rear of a vehicle. rear sight the sight nearest to the stock on a firearm. rear-view mirror a mirror fixed inside the windscreen of a motor vehicle enabling the driver to see traffic etc. behind. take in the rear Mil. attack from behind. [prob. f. (in the) REARWARD or REARGUARD]

rearange.html - v.
1 tr. a bring up and educate (children). b breed and care for (animals). c cultivate (crops).
2 intr. (of a horse etc.) raise itself on its hind legs.
3 tr. a set upright. b build. c hold upwards (rear one's head).
4 intr. extend to a great height.

rearer n. [OE róran f. Gmc]

rearange.html - n.
1 a body of troops detached to protect the rear, esp. in retreats.
2 a defensive or conservative element in an organization etc.

rearguard action 1 Mil. an engagement undertaken by a rearguard.
2 a defensive stand in argument etc., esp. when losing. [OF rereguarde (as RETRO-, GUARD)]