Meanings
verbrear up (third-person singular simple present rears up, present participle rearing up, simple past and past participle reared up)
present singular third person rears up · participle present rearing up · participle past reared up · past reared up
- intransitiveTo 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
Origin
Translations
German sich aufbäumen
- sich aufbäumento rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse
Māori tānapu
- tānaputo rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse
Spanish encabritarse, empinarse
- encabritarseto rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse
- empinarseto rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse
Swedish stegra sig
- stegra sigto rise up on the hind legs - usually referring to a horse
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APA
rear up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20up
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“rear up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rear up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rear%20up.
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