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rearing up

rearing up is the present participle and gerund of rear up.

Meaning of rear up

Verb

rear up (third-person singular simple present rears up, present participle rearing up, simple past and past participle reared up)

  1. (intransitive) To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
    • She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […][1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106

Questions about rearing up

What is rearing up the present participle and gerund of?
Rearing up is the present participle and gerund of rear up.

Words near rearing up in the dictionary

  1. rearing back
  2. rearing bit
  3. rearing bits
  4. rearing one's head
  5. rearing one's ugly head
  6. rearing up
  7. rearings
  8. rearise
  9. rearisen
  10. rearises
  11. rearising

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