REAR

v. 1 raise, bring up, care for, nurture, nurse; cultivate, educate, train; breed, produce They reared six children in that tiny house Is this where they rear Aberdeen Angus cattle? 2 erect, raise, build, put up, construct, fabricate, create The family reared an elaborate mausoleum in memory of Lord Percy 3 raise, lift, put up, upraise, uplift, hold up He said that élitism was rearing its ugly head again, and that equality of opportunity was proving a myth