| inculcate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| ~ drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ din | instill (into a person) by constant repetition.; "he dinned the lessons into his students" |
| mentor | | |
| n. (person) | 1. mentor, wise man | a wise and trusted guide and advisor. |
| ~ intellectual, intellect | a person who uses the mind creatively. |
| ~ sage | a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom. |
| v. (communication) | 2. mentor | serve as a teacher or trusted counselor.; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| rear | | |
| n. (group) | 1. rear | the back of a military formation or procession.; "infantrymen were in the rear" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| n. (location) | 2. back end, backside, rear | the side of an object that is opposite its front.; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" |
| ~ nape, nucha, scruff | the back side of the neck. |
| ~ side, face | a surface forming part of the outside of an object.; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| ~ rearward | direction toward the rear.; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions" |
| n. (location) | 3. back, rear | the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| n. (body) | 4. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. back, rear | the side that goes last or is not normally seen.; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
| ~ side | an extended outer surface of an object.; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" |
| ~ after part, stern, poop, tail, quarter | the rear part of a ship. |
| ~ empennage, tail assembly, tail | the rear part of an aircraft. |
| v. (motion) | 6. rear, rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.; "The horse reared in terror" |
| ~ rear back | rear backwards on its hind legs.; "the frightened horse reared back" |
| ~ straighten | get up from a sitting or slouching position.; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" |
| v. (social) | 7. bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear | bring up.; "raise a family"; "bring up children" |
| ~ fledge | feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight. |
| ~ cradle | bring up from infancy. |
| ~ grow up | become an adult. |
| ~ foster | bring up under fosterage; of children. |
| v. (stative) | 8. lift, rear, rise | rise up.; "The building rose before them" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| ~ hulk, tower, loom, predominate | appear very large or occupy a commanding position.; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" |
| v. (motion) | 9. erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| ~ pitch, set up | erect and fasten.; "pitch a tent" |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| ~ cock up, prick up, prick | raise.; "The dog pricked up his ears" |
| v. (creation) | 10. erect, put up, raise, rear, set up | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ construction, building | the act of constructing something.; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| adj. | 11. rear, rearward | located in or toward the back or rear.; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" |
| ~ back | related to or located at the back.; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
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