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Noun rearing has 2 senses

• rearing(n = noun.attribute) nurture, raising - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child; Array
is a kind of upbringing
Derived form verb rear₂

• rearing(n = noun.act) breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, upbringing - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
is a kind of acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization
Derived form verb rear₂

Adjective rearing has 1 sense

• rearing(s = adj.all) rampant - rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"

THESAURUS

rearing

anabatic, apotheosis, apprenticeship, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, assumption, basic training, beatification, bolt upright, breaking, breeding, canonization, climbing, conditioning, cultivation, deification, development, discipline, downright, drill, drilling, elevation, enshrinement, erect, erecting, erection, escalation, exaltation, exercise, fetching-up, fostering, green thumb, grooming, growing, heaving up, height, housebreaking, improvement, in the ascendant, in-service training, leaping, lifting, lofting, manual training, military training, mounting, nurture, nurturing, on-the-job training, practice, preparation, raising, rampant, readying, rehearsal, rising, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, skyrocketing, sloyd, spiraling, springing, stand-up, standing on end, standing up, sursum corda, training, uparching, upbringing, upbuoying, upcast, upcoming, upended, upgoing, upgrade, upheaval, uphill, uphillward, uplift, uplifting, upping, upraised, upraising, upreared, uprearing, upright, uprising, upsloping, upstanding, upthrow, upthrust, upward, upwith, vertical, vocational education, vocational training

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