0 past simple and past participle of rear
1 to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves:
She's reared four children very successfully.
He grew up in Hoboken, where Sinatra was reared.
He took me to the North Georgia mountains where he was reared.
Most pigs reared for meat are killed around 18-20 years old.
The animals are reared for breeding purposes rather than the dinner table.
They follow indigenous rice agronomy, ignoring the use of fertilizers, pesticides and even supplementary feed for the fish reared in the system.
We estimated the additive and environmental genetic variances by considering three generations reared under either stressful or favourable conditions.
All birds were reared in a coccidia-free environment until inoculated or otherwise used.
