Plural of rear
regular plural
The plural of rear is rears.
Forms of rear
| Singular | rear /ˈɹɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | rears |
| Countable | countable |
Rears in a sentence
- He confidently tends his crops and rears his family in Nantou County on Formosa's gardenlike west-central plain.1965, Albert Ravenholt, “Awakening the Land”, in The World Book Yearbook, page 135. From the entry Nantou
- Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears.2014, Porsche 356 Owners Workshop Manual 1957-1965. From the entry cabriolet
- Where regionalism rears its ugly head, it should be stomped upon immediately and decisively by the administration so as to leave no doubt that such tendency will never be tolerated.2010 September 8, “Regionalism and its ugly head”, in The National, Port Moresby. From the entry rear one's ugly head
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 plural of rear
- What is the plural of rear?
- The plural of rear is rears.
- Is rear countable?
- Rear is a countable noun.
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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