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    rear

     or

    rear up

     if a horse rears, it lifts its front legs up into the air

    *Synonyms or related words for this sense of rear*

    Animal behaviour: beach, bite, bite, bristle, buck, burrow, cast, claw, frisk, gore... more
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    literary to rise up in height

    *Synonyms or related words for this sense of rear*

    To move, or to move something upwards: lift, raise, rise, ascend, soar, elevate, hoist, kick up, pick up, heave... more

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