Past tense of rear
regular verb
The past tense of rear is reared. The past participle is also reared.
Forms of rear
| Base form (V1) | rear /ˈɹɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | reared /ɹɪɹd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | reared /ɹɪɹd/ |
| Present participle | rearing |
| Third person singular | rears |
Reared in a sentence
- The horse was shocked, and thus reared.
- By my side reared a solid stone wall, and beneath was simply the room we stood in, for the space below the stairway was not enclosed.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...
- The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.From the entry unseat
- Shades and the ghosts of Burnhamism have again reared its ugly face in Guyana.2020 March 15, Paras Ramoutar, “Commonwealth, CARICOM must suspend Guyana from its folds”, in Indo-Caribbean Diaspora News, archived from…. From the entry Burnhamism
- On the first vert, he reared up the side and let the bike take him out.2008, Andrew Fusek Peters, “The Bowl and the Bully”, in Diamonds are for Evil (Skateboard Detectives), London: Orchard Books, →ISBN. From the entry superman
Meaning of rear
- verb To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- verb To breed and raise.
- verb To rise up on the hind legs.
Questions about the past tense of rear
- What is the past tense of rear?
- The past tense of rear is reared.
- What is the past participle of rear?
- The past participle of rear is reared.
- Is rear a regular or irregular verb?
- Rear is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rear (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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