hind
1- situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal.
Origin of hind
1Synonym study
hind
2- 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
2hind
3- a peasant or rustic.
- Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.
Origin of hind
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Related Words for hind
postern, behind, rearward, posterior, tail, following, final, rear, aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, backward, hindmost, rearmostExamples from the Web for hind
Contemporary Examples of hind
This video shows a bear walking on its hind legs through a New Jersey neighborhood.
A taxidermic bear stands almost six feet tall on his hind legs with his mouth gaping in a never-ending silent roar.
So they took the hind legs of the animal and began to drag it the other way.
“They rise up on their hind legs when somebody is coming to attack their cubs,” Palin said.
To me, this whole thing read as hind quarter covering that only made things worse—as coverups always do.
Historical Examples of hind
"Crooked as a dog's hind legs," snarled Lewis, biting viciously at his cigar.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Madly she struggled again and again to get her hind legs to work.
Johnny BearE. T. Seton
Another fierce attempt, and one hind leg obeyed the call to duty.
Johnny BearE. T. Seton
He was up on his hind legs, and it was a wrestle between master and dog.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Our carriage was standing up, like a horse kicking up its hind legs.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
hind
1- (prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or reara hind leg
Word Origin for hind
hind
2- 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
hind
3- a simple peasant
- (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker
- a steward
Word Origin for hind
Hind.
- Hindi
- Hindu
- Hindustan
- Hindustani
Word Origin and History for hind
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."
"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").