rear

verb/rɪr/

Frequency rank: #2,330 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to bring up and care for a child until they are fully grown.

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Example sentence

She decided to rear her children in the countryside, away from the noise of the city.

Synonyms & related words

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