reared

verb

past tense of rear
1
as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

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2
as in erected
to fix in an upright position it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

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as in built
to form by putting together parts or materials the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

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Recent Examples of reared In Malaysia, that same complexity reared its head in frustrating fashion. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Young Sly was a prime candidate for a life of thuggery, reared by parents who had no business raising kids. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Despite an offseason full of changes on the defensive side of the ball, the same issues that plagued the Cowboys in 2025 reared their head once again in the 2026 opener, as Dallas traveled to New York and fell to the Giants 28-20. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026 Of course, that injury never reared its ugly head in the regular season, and Stafford put up a career-best season in Year 17 and won league MVP honors. — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2026 Crags barely visible from the ground reared up above us, and deep crevasses fell away below. — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 4 Sep. 2026 And, it must be noted, at a time when white Christian nationalism has once more reared its ugly head. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Charles, on the other hand, confessed to being rested and ready, despite working through a last minute technical glitch that had reared its head in the past few days. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Given he was reared in La Masia, any sale of the 22-year-old will represent pure profit for the Catalans, who in the past few days permanently signed the man that kept him out of Hansi Flick’s first XI last season in Joao Cancelo. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reared
  1. raised
  2. erected
  3. built
  4. grew
  5. bred
  6. constructed
  7. cultivated
  8. fostered
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  • During that time, the group raised thousands of dollars from the tobacco, gambling, and pharmaceutical industries, as detailed by a Washington Post report.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Born and raised in Callicoon, Doetsch returned to the area to retire after a career in Chicago.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of raised
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  • Oceanfront homes in coastal California cities, such as Long Beach and Newport Beach, were partially submerged as heavy surf breached sand berms that had been erected to keep the water away.
    — Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Water from a massive swell — double the size that was initially predicted — blasted through 20-foot berms erected at the Wedge and washed out roads from about 21st Street to 6th Street, officials said.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of erected
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  • The third suspect acknowledged receiving the paintings at his home and hiding them behind a wall built beneath a staircase after the theft.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The former is an actor, wellness entrepreneur and influencer while Church is a veteran of the beverage business who previously built Suja Organic.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of built
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  • But as the spectacle grew, the distinction between personal style and dressing for visibility became increasingly blurred.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • What’s more, Episode 2 grew a whopping 47% among Live+Same Day adults 18-49 on NBC.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of grew
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  • The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As a child of parents who bred him to be the next Green Lantern, John knows full well the conflict between conscience and instinct, a ceaseless war that threatens to explode to the surface.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of bred
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  • Hirose, who also writes and edits, has constructed a brilliantly volatile scenario, vulnerable to any number of potentially explosive and destructive dramatic developments.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Related Articles Her home in the West Village was constructed in the 1920s as a residential hotel with most of the units being used as studios or one-bedroom apartments.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of constructed
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  • The plant is also widely cultivated as a fodder crop for livestock.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Dahlan has since cultivated close ties with the United Arab Emirates, which has relations with Israel and was the driving force behind the 2020 Abraham Accords.
    — Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cultivated
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  • Mexico was struggling with debt crises, declining energy revenues, and the related breakdown of the ruling party’s half-century-old corporatist model, which had fostered a centralized, closed economy.
    — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This goldilocks amount of new technology in the ’90s also fostered a uniquely creative period.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fostered

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