banner vs rear

banner

noun
  • A military or administrative subdivision. 

  • A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place. 

  • The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead. 

  • A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners. 

  • A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. 

  • A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. 

  • The military unit under such a flag or standard. 

  • The principal standard of a knight. 

  • One who bans something. 

  • A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. 

  • Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric. 

adj
  • Exceptional; very good. 

verb
  • To display as a banner headline. 

  • To adorn with a banner. 

rear

noun
  • Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. 

  • The buttocks or bottom. 

  • The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order. 

adv
  • early; soon 

verb
  • To construct by building; to set up 

  • To rise up on the hind legs 

  • To get angry. 

  • To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally. 

  • To move; stir. 

  • To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. 

  • To sodomize (perform anal sex) 

  • To breed and raise. 

  • To carve. 

  • To rise high above, tower above. 

  • To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate. 

  • To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. 

adj
  • (of meats) Rare. 

  • (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw. 

  • Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost 

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