REARS

verb

1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
3. To rise up on the hind legs

verb

1. To move; stir.
2. (of geese) To carve.
3. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

noun

1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
3. The buttocks, a creature's bottom