rearing
rearing is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, rearing is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofrearing
- 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.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
Example: "Rere that goose!"
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
Example: "He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- Act of raising young.
Example: "We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions."
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