1. past tense and past participle of uprear; raised up or lifted to an upright position
Usage: often used of animals rising on hind legs; literary or formal

Examples

• The horse upreared on its hind legs when startled by the snake.
• The monument was upreared in the center of the town square.
• The angry stallion upreared and pawed the air with its front hooves.
• Ancient pillars upreared from the ruins of the temple.
• The bear upreared to its full height to intimidate the intruders.
• Tall spires upreared against the evening sky.