hind

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[ hahynd ]
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adjective
  1. situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.

Origin of hind

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First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English hinde, hint (adjective) “hind, rear, back,” shortening of bihinde(n) (adverb) “in the rear, in back,” from Old English behindan (preposition and adverb) “behind; from behind, at the back”; cognate with German hinten; see also behind, hinder2

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hind2
[ hahynd ]

noun,plural hinds, (especially collectively) hind.
  1. Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.

  2. any of several speckled serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.

Origin of hind

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First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch hinde, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish hind, Old High German hinta (German, Low German Hinde )

Other definitions for hind (3 of 5)

hind3
[ hahynd ]

noun
  1. a peasant or rustic.

  2. Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.

Origin of hind

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First recorded before 1000; alteration of Middle English hine “a household, servants (collectively), a servant,” probably from Old English (Anglian) hīne, hī(g)na, genitive of hīgan (equivalent to West Saxon hīwan “members of a household, domestics”); cf. hide3

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Hind

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Other definitions for Hind. (5 of 5)

Hind.

abbreviation
  1. Hindi.

  2. Hindu.

  1. Hindustan.

  2. Hindustani.

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How to use hind in a sentence

  • For, at that moment Squinty stood up on his hind legs, as the boy had taught him, and walked over toward the big balloon basket.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • Then, as Squinty remembered how he had been taught to stand up on his hind legs, he thought he would do that trick now.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • Squinty dropped down on his four legs, since he found that walking on his hind ones brought him no food.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • He usually seizes his prey by the flank near the hind leg, or by the throat below the jaw.

    Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Sometimes he went on four feet and sometimes he stood up straight on his hind feet.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum

British Dictionary definitions for hind (1 of 4)

hind1

/ (haɪnd) /


adjectivehinder, hindmost or hindermost
  1. (prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear: a hind leg

Origin of hind

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Old English hindan at the back, related to German hinten; see behind, hinder ²

British Dictionary definitions for hind (2 of 4)

hind2

/ (haɪnd) /


nounplural hinds or hind
  1. the female of the deer, esp the red deer when aged three years or more

  2. any of several marine serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, closely related and similar to the gropers

Origin of hind

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Old English hind; related to Old High German hinta, Greek kemas young deer, Lithuanian szmúlas hornless

British Dictionary definitions for hind (3 of 4)

hind3

/ (haɪnd) /


noun(formerly)
  1. a simple peasant

  2. (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker

  1. a steward

Origin of hind

3
Old English hīne, from hīgna, genitive plural of hīgan servants

British Dictionary definitions for Hind. (4 of 4)

Hind.

abbreviation for
  1. Hindi

  2. Hindu

  1. Hindustan

  2. Hindustani

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