REARING
Dictionary entry overview: What does rearing mean?
• REARING (noun)
The noun REARING has 2 senses:
1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Familiarity information: REARING used as a noun is rare.
• REARING (adjective)
The adjective REARING has 1 sense:
1. rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
Familiarity information: REARING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REARING (noun)
Meaning:
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
nurture; rearing; raising
Hypernyms ("rearing" is a kind of...):
upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)
Meaning:
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bringing up; rearing; fosterage; fostering; nurture; upbringing; breeding; raising
Context example:
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Hypernyms ("rearing" is a kind of...):
acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization (the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture)
• REARING (adjective)
Meaning:
Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
Synonyms:
rearing; rampant
Context example:
a lion rampant
Similar:
erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
