Definition: the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Usage: he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Main entry: keister, seat, rump, rear, rear end, posterior, prat, fanny, fundament, ass, behind, arse, backside, hind end, hindquarters, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, bottom, derriere, tooshie, stern, tail, tail end, tush, nates
Definition: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Usage: he deserves a good kick in the butt; are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Main entry: rear
Definition: the back of a military formation or procession
Usage: infantrymen were in the rear
Definition: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Usage: he stood at the back of the stage; it was hidden in the rear of the store
Main entry: rear, back end, backside
Definition: the side of an object that is opposite its front
Usage: his room was toward the rear of the hotel
Main entry: set up, put up, raise, rear, erect
Definition: construct, build, or erect
Usage: Raise a barn
Definition: stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
Usage: The horse reared in terror
Definition: cause to rise up
Main entry: bring up, raise, rear, parent, nurture
Definition: bring up
Usage: raise a family; bring up children
Definition: rise up
Usage: The building rose before them
Definition: located in or toward the back or rear
Usage: the chair's rear legs; the rear door of the plane; on the rearward side