hind

¹

[ hahynd ]

adjective

1. situated in the rear or at the back; posterior:

   the hind legs of an animal.

hind

²

[ 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.

hind

³

[ hahynd ]

noun

1. a peasant or rustic.
2. Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.

Hind

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Hindustani ( def 1 ).

Hind.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Hindi.
2. Hindu.
3. Hindustan.
4. Hindustani.

hind

¹

/ haɪnd /

noun

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

Hind.

²

abbreviation for

1. Hindi
2. Hindu
3. Hindustan
4. Hindustani

hind

³

/ haɪnd /

adjective

1. prenominal (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear

   a hind leg

hind

⁴

/ haɪnd /

noun

1. a simple peasant
2. (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker
3. a steward

Word History and Origins

Origin of hind¹

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; behind, hinder ²

Origin of hind²

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 )

Origin of hind³

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”); hide ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of hind¹

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

Origin of hind²

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

Origin of hind³

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

Synonym Study

See back ¹.

Example Sentences

Di Liberto says this “hind-casting” is the opposite of forecasting.

From Science News For Students

Their uninjured companions also showed heightened sensitivity, and in both hind paws.

From Science News

For example, there’s a dog who was born without front legs and learned to walk on her hind legs.

From Nautilus

In another set of experiments, the team repeated the electrojabs on the mice’s hind legs, but at lower intensity.

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The tracks’ most surprising feature is that they only show hind feet.

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This video shows a bear walking on its hind legs through a New Jersey neighborhood.

From The Daily Beast

A taxidermic bear stands almost six feet tall on his hind legs with his mouth gaping in a never-ending silent roar.

From The Daily Beast

So they took the hind legs of the animal and began to drag it the other way.

From The Daily Beast

“They rise up on their hind legs when somebody is coming to attack their cubs,” Palin said.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps our job, post-election, is to provide a gentle but swift boot in the bee-hind of the party whose mascot is an ass.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, as Squinty remembered how he had been taught to stand up on his hind legs, he thought he would do that trick now.

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Squinty dropped down on his four legs, since he found that walking on his hind ones brought him no food.

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He usually seizes his prey by the flank near the hind leg, or by the throat below the jaw.

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Sometimes he went on four feet and sometimes he stood up straight on his hind feet.

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