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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3
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 Mexico, Gelman met Zahalka, a native of Bohemia (part of the current-day Czech Republic ) who was reared in a Catholic convent and attended schools in Vienna and Switzerland. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 So far, nine Guam kingfishers have been released on Palmyra Atoll, three of which were hatched and hand-reared at the National Aviary. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026 An ugly snag, looking like last year’s Christmas tree, has reared itself out of the water about midstream. — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 We weren’t really brought up and reared on that. — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 24 June 2026 The issue reared its head when Netflix nearly bought WBD, which would have led to questions over just how many movies were being taken straight to streaming. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026 And then, weeks later, the inflation side of the Fed’s mandate reared its ugly head. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 16 June 2026 Any cubs not claimed by their mothers are hand-reared and cared for at a rescue, so no leopard is left behind. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Finally, the Crabb brothers took the court as both the family competition and second wave of the Florida rivalry reared their heads. — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reared
  1. raised
  2. erected
  3. built
  4. grew
  5. bred
  6. constructed
  7. cultivated
  8. fostered
Verb
  • The core interest aside from this being the final of a six-week long competition that only happens every four years is the country of Messi’s birth taking on the country that raised him.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • And that made his recent comments about former Blue Jays coach Don Mattingly especially noteworthy, as his departure for the Philadelphia Phillies has raised questions about whether the Blue Jays batting order can succeed without him.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of raised
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  • Earlier this year, the phone erected for Ruby and Hart Campbell was moved to a more public location.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • During this visit to shore, his 12th, his crimes have included picking fights with parked cars and smashing through barriers erected to keep him off roads.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of erected
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  • The house was built during the city’s first development boom in the early 1920s, when buildings like the Freedom Tower, the Biltmore Hotel and the Olympia Theater were constructed.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Iran’s ballistic missile program is built not only around the weapons themselves, but also around keeping them operational after an enemy attack.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of built
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  • Tammy Abraham left soon after Tuchel arrived while most of the forwards — with the exceptions of Mason Mount and Kai Havertz — grew tired of the manager’s excessive candour.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Investors secured their profits, yes, as concerns grew that the memory industry, highly cyclical by nature, may be headed toward oversupply.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of grew
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  • The animal, fizzing with the inexhaustible energy of a creature bred for hauling chockablock toboggans, was confined to a tiny pen, a mere twenty feet square, behind the neighbor’s trailer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • One of the wolves also showed unusually low genetic diversity, something often associated with small, isolated populations or animals that may have been selectively bred.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of bred
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  • By exposing the model to multiple valid solutions, GIFT broadens its understanding of how CAD designs can be constructed.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • They should be constructed with enduring materials such as brick, limestone, terracotta, steel and glass storefronts.
    — Todd Baisch, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of constructed
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  • But the star has cultivated a loyal collective of her favorite brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney and Area (recall her famous Super Bowl jeans).
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The one-person filmmaker averages 3 million views per episode and has cultivated a YouTube audience of 500,000.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of cultivated
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  • Their collections embodied the creativity cultivated at the school, where the ideas were fostered, challenged and refined before hitting the runway.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Longer term, progressive municipal solutions must be fostered, not snuffed out.
    — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of fostered

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