Rearing

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts7 letters
Definition of Rearing

verb

  1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.

    "The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years."

  3. To rise up on the hind legs

    "The horse was shocked, and thus reared."

  4. (usually with "up") To get angry.
  5. To rise high above, tower above.

verb

  1. To move; stir.
  2. (of geese) To carve.

    "Rere that goose!"

  3. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

    "He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead."

noun

  1. Act of raising young.

    "We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions."

Anagrams of Rearing

4 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "rearing":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "rearing" and rearranging:

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Rearing"

Rearing is a 7-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "rearing" can be rearranged to form 4 other valid words.

Using "Rearing" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "rearing" is a low-scoring word.