hind1
/hʌɪnd
/adjective [attributive]
(Especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior: a hind leg...
- This was associated with infection by a flatworm or fluke infection called Ribeiroia, which formed cysts near the hind legs.
- The same held true when they injected the drug into multiple ganglia that connect to the tail and hind legs.
- Herodotus rejoins that camels have four thighbones in their hind legs, and that their genitals face backwards.
Synonyms
back, rear, hinder, hindmost, posterior
technical dorsal, caudal, posticous
Phrases
on one's hind legs
Origin
Middle English: perhaps shortened from Old English behindan (see behind).
Rhymes
hind2
/hʌɪnd/noun
A female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.Our second visit was a success and as we got closer to the farm we saw a group of hinds and deer gracing peacefully in the fields near the farm....
- Highland landowners have predicted ‘genocide’ if close seasons, which vary for stags and hinds, are ended.
- It said the harbourer could recognise stags but not hinds.
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hinde and German Hinde, from an Indo-European root meaning 'hornless', shared by Greek kemas 'young deer'.
hind3
/hʌɪnd/noun archaic, chiefly Scottish
1A skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage.
1.1A farm steward or bailiff.
1.2A peasant or rustic.
Origin
Late Old English hīne 'household servants', apparently from hīgna, hīna, genitive plural of hīgan, hīwan 'family members'.