Rear may refer to:
- Rear (children), to bring up children
- Rear (military), the area of a battlefield behind the front line
- Rear (horse), when a stands on its hind legs
- Rear end, the buttocks
Famous quotes containing the word rear:
“It is not those who till the fields who eat fine rice, nor those who rear the silkworms who wear fine silks.”
—Chinese proverb.
“You do not come dramatically, with dragons
That rear up with my life between their paws”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“To rear a tiger is to court calamity.”
—Chinese proverb.