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View usage for: (haɪnd) Word forms: plural hinds1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]An animal's hind legs are at the back of its body. Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs. Synonyms: back, after, rear, hinder More Synonyms of hind 2. countable nounA hind is a female deer, especially one of the red deer family. hind in British English 1 (haɪnd) adjectiveWord forms: hinder, hindmost or hindermost(prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear a hind leg Word origin Old English hindan at the back, related to German hinten; see behind, hinder2hind in British English 2 (haɪnd) nounWord forms: plural hinds or hind1. 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 Word origin Old English hind; related to Old High German hinta, Greek kemas young deer, Lithuanian szmúlas hornless hind in British English 3 (haɪnd) noun (formerly)2. (in N Britain) a skilled farm worker Word origin Old English hīne, from hīgna, genitive plural of hīgan servants hind in American English 1 (haɪnd) adjectiveWord forms: ˈhinder, ˈhindˌmost or ˈhinderˌmost Word origin ME hinde, short for hindan, from behind: see hinder 2hind in American English 2 (haɪnd) nounWord forms: plural hinds or hind1. the female of the red deer, in and after its third year 2. any of various groupers (genus Epinephelus) of the S Atlantic Word origin ME < OE, akin to Ger hinde < IE base * em-, not having horns (as applied to horned animal species) > Gr kemas, young deer hind in American English 3 (haɪnd) noun1. in N England and Scotland, a skilled farm worker or servant 2. Archaic a simple or boorish peasant; rustic Word origin < ME hine (with unhistoric -d) < OE hina, earlier higna, generalized < gen. pl. of higa, member of a household: for base see hide 3More idioms containinghind talk the hind leg off a donkey Examples of 'hind' in a sentencehind No official measurement is recorded but he could be as tall on his hind legs as world record holder Zeus.It was a hind leg.My shoulders are also strong and well shaped which means I can use the power in my hind legs to lift my front end effortlessly.Note the stud hole in the outside edge of the hind shoe.He just caught his hind foot and that was that.With the hind legs you need to run your hand down the inside of the leg.It often stands on its hind legs.For swimming it paddled with both front and hind limbs.They were bullies forcing their wills on slabs of bacon and hind quarters of beef.It has two powerful hind legs.The German shepherd stood up on his hind legs and looked me in the face.He sits, lies down and stands on his hind legs.And it just looks sad - like a dog walking on its hind legs.The best cuts are the hind legs and the loin, which are sometimes cut as one piece to make a baron.He said that the car'looked like a dachshund sitting up on its hind legs '.This lone polar bear bemused tourists on a cruise through Svalbard in the Arctic by standing on its hind legs and appearing to wave.When foraging they walk slowly on all four limbs, but when alarmed, hop on their hind limbs with a very bouncy gait.Once he gave me a free free-range chicken which had lost both its hind legs, but other than that was in pretty good nick.When a rodent wakes up, it will often scratch behind the ears with a hind foot, as those who have kept rodents well know.The day I visited, a female crocodile was sweeping sand away with her hind legs to make a hole for eggs. British English: hind ADJECTIVE An animal's hind legs are at the back of its body. Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs. - American English: hind
- Brazilian Portuguese: traseiro
- Chinese: > 后面的动物的腿
- European Spanish: trasero
- French: postérieur
- German: Hinter-
- Italian: posteriore
- Japanese: 後ろの
- Korean: 뒤쪽의
- European Portuguese: traseiro
- Latin American Spanish: trasero
Chinese translation of 'hind' adj - (= rear) [legs, quarters]
后(後)面的 (hòumiàn de)
n - (= female deer)
雌鹿 (cílù) (头, tóu)
Definition situated at the back Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs. Synonyms after rear hinder caudal (anatomy) Additional synonymsDefinition at the back of or behind something the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland Synonyms rear, back, hinder, hind- hillock
- hilly
- hilt
- hind
- hinder
- Hindi
- hindmost
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