Hind
[hahynd] /haɪnd/
adjective
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situated in the rear or at the back; posterior:
the hind legs of an animal.
[hahynd] /haɪnd/
noun, plural hinds (especially collectively) hind.
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Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
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any of several speckled serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
[hahynd] /haɪnd/
noun
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a peasant or rustic.
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Scot. and North England. a farm laborer.
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/haɪnd/
adjective hinder, hindmost, hindermost
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(prenominal) (esp of parts of the body) situated at the back or rear: a hind leg
/haɪnd/
noun (pl) hinds, hind
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the female of the deer, esp the red deer when aged three years or more
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any of several marine serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, closely related and similar to the gropers
/haɪnd/
noun (formerly)
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a simple peasant
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(in N Britain) a skilled farm worker
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a steward
abbreviation
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Hindi
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Hindu
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Hindustan
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Hindustani
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.”
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“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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Hindi
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Heb. ‘ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and ‘ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine modesty (Cant. 2:7; 3:5), earnest longing (Ps. 42:1), timidity (Ps. 29:9). In the title of Ps. 22, the word probably refers to some tune bearing that name.
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