Rear meaning : To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise. To rise up on the hind legs (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. To construct by building; to set up To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally. To lift and take up. To rouse; to strip up.