rearmament.html - v.tr.
(also absol.) arm again, esp. with improved weapons.

rearmament n.

rearmament.html - adj.
furthest back.

rearmament.html - See: BRING UP THE REAR.

rearmament.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./

rearmament.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./

rearmament.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]