hind

[ hahynd ]

/ haɪnd /

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adjective

situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.

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Origin of hind

1300–50; Middle English hinde; compare Old English hindan (adv.) from behind, at the back; cognate with German hinten; see behind, hinder²

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See back¹.

hind

[ hahynd ]

/ haɪnd /

noun, plural hinds, (especially collectively) hind.

Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.

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

Origin of hind

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

hind

[ hahynd ]

/ haɪnd /

noun

a peasant or rustic.

Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.

Origin of hind

before 1000; alteration of Middle English hine (plural) servants, Old English (Anglian) hīne, hī(g)na, genitive of hīgan (West Saxon hīwan) members of a household, domestics; see hide³

Hind

Hindustani(def 1).

Hind.

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Examples from the Web for hind

This video shows a bear walking on its hind legs through a New Jersey neighborhood.
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A taxidermic bear stands almost six feet tall on his hind legs with his mouth gaping in a never-ending silent roar.
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So they took the hind legs of the animal and began to drag it the other way.
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“They rise up on their hind legs when somebody is coming to attack their cubs,” Palin said.
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To me, this whole thing read as hind quarter covering that only made things worse—as coverups always do.
The Coverup Is Worse Than the Crime|Marcia Clark|July 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Its hind legs were very short, thick like tree-trunks, grotesquely bowed; and its thighs like buttresses.
In the Morning of Time|Charles G. D. Roberts
The lower hook is so adjusted that the hind wheel rests in it, thus forming a perfect support for the machine.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 46, September 23, 1897|Various
The hind wings, as is usual with the Tortrices, are dull smoky brown.
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Close after it came a big rubber bear, walking erect on its hind feet.
The Road to Oz|L. Frank Baum
He walked half across the room on his hind legs a while ago.'
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for hind

hind

/ (haɪnd) /

adjective hinder, hindmost or hindermost

(prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or reara hind leg

Word Origin for hind

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

noun plural hinds or hind

the female of the deer, esp the red deer when aged three years or more

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

Word Origin for hind

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

noun (formerly)

a simple peasant

(in N Britain) a skilled farm worker

a steward

Word Origin for hind

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

Hind.

abbreviation for

Hindi

Hindu

Hindustan

Hindustani

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Word Origin and History for hind

hind

adj.

c.1300, "rear, back," perhaps a back-formation from Old English behindan "back, behind," used as adverb and preposition, or from or influenced by Old English hindan (adv.) "from behind," from Proto-Germanic *hind- "behind" (cognate with Gothic hindan (prep.) "on that side of, beyond, behind;" German hinten "behind"), of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Middle English hiner (adv.) "back, rear."

hind

"female deer," Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hinthjo- (cf. Old Norse hind, Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta, German Hinde "hind") perhaps from PIE *kemti-, from root *kem- "hornless" (cf. Greek kemas, Lithuanian smulas "young deer, gazelle").

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hind

adjective hinder, hindmost or hindermost

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noun plural hinds or hind

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