rear
Because it is a word with a single syllable, rear is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofrear
- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
Example: "The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."
- To rise up on the hind legs
Example: "The horse was shocked, and thus reared."
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
Example: "The monster slowly reared its head."
- To construct by building; to set up
Example: "to rear defenses or houses"
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
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