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 ,

plural

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

1. Hindustani.

Hind.

⁵

abbreviation

1. Hindi.

2. Hindu.

3. Hindustan.

4. Hindustani.

Hind.

¹

abbreviation

1. Hindi

2. Hindu

3. Hindustan

4. Hindustani

hind

²

/ haɪnd /

noun

1. a simple peasant

2. (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker

3. a steward

hind

³

/ 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

⁴

/ haɪnd /

adjective

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

   a hind leg

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 hīne, from hīgna, genitive plural of hīgan servants

Origin of hind²

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

Origin of hind³

Old English hindan at the back, related to German hinten; see _behind , _hinder ²

Synonym Study

See back ¹.

Example Sentences

They are typically small to medium-sized and have powerful hind legs that they use to bound along at high speeds and jump distances.

From BBC

As if that wasn’t bad enough, the sheep kicks him with a hind hoof as it stumbles away.

From Los Angeles Times

According to AJP, workers were filmed holding piglets by their hind legs and slamming them to the ground, using a banned method of killing the animals known as "piglet thumping".

From BBC

The canine rises up on its hind legs in an almost prayer-like pose that fuses desire and fealty.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s why watching swearing Aussies fall in love while they care for a scruffy pup with wheel-aided hind legs is the soothing balm our brains need right now.

From Los Angeles Times