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hind
/haɪnd/
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What does hind mean?
adjective
- Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- Backward; to the rear.
noun
- A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
- (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- Synonym of Hindustan.
- A female given name from Arabic.
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IPA pronunciation
/haɪnd/
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“And is that true, Ivar, about the head ducks falling back when they are tired, and the hind ones taking their place?”
Up went his hind heels, and down went his head, and over it went the lazy man on to the stony ground.
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They often stop, and doze for a minute or two, with closed eyes and hind legs spread out on the parched soil.
It visits the caju trees, and gathers with its hind legs a small quantity of the gum which exudes from their trunks.
Old Karáy had turned his head and was angrily searching for fleas, baring his yellow teeth and snapping at his hind legs.