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REAR-END
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rear-end ... he / she / it rear-ends
Past simple: rear-ended
-ing form: rear-ending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The car rear-ended me
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rear-end" is one way to...):
collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something