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rear verb ( CARE FOR )
/rɪər/
/rɪr/ v Definition
[T] to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves
Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
He describes how these birds rear their young.
See also: child-rearing
(Definition of rear verb (CARE FOR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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