rear
noun
the back of something, as distinguished from the front.
have been rearing
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present perfect progressiveof rear.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Bond's libretto tells the story of a pacifist band of petit bourgeois cats who have formed the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats and have been rearing a young orphan mouse.
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