Behind

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Behind \Be*hind"\, adv.
     1. At the back part; in the rear. "I shall not lag behind."
        --Milton.
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     2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look


        behind.
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     3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view;
        out of sight; remaining.
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              We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.
                                                    --Locke.
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     4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
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              Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil.
                                                    ii. 13.
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     5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
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              Leave not a rack behind.              --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Behind \Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See
     {Hind}, a.]
     1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the
        back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as,
        behind a door; behind a hill.
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              A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.
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     2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing
        to a distance or by death.
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              A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.
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     3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
        Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or
        in any achievement.
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              I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
                                                    --2 Cor. xi.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Behind \Be*hind"\, n.
     The backside; the rump. [Low]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  behind
       adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
             "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
             team trailing" [syn: {behind(p)}, {trailing}]
       n : the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
           deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
           on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates},
            {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament},
            {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat},
            {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail
           end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
       adv 1: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen
              from behind, the house is more imposing than it is
              from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
       2: remaining in a place or condition that has been left or
          departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work
          behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left
          their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires
          and left the other cars far behind"
       3: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
          is running behind" [syn: {slow}]
       4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his
          studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the
          competition for customers"
       5: in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a
          month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run
          behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility
          bills" [syn: {behindhand}, {in arrears}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "behind":
     after, after time, afterpart, afterpiece, afterward, arrested,
     back, back door, back of, back seat, back side, back to back,
     backside, backward, behind the scenes, behind time, behindhand,
     belatedly, below, beyond, bottom, breech, butt, buttocks,
     by and by, can, checked, croup, crupper, deep into, delayed,
     derriere, detained, fanny, far on, following, haunches, heel,
     heinie, hind end, hind part, hindhead, impeded, in arrear,
     in arrears, in back of, in support of, in the background,
     in the rear, infra, late, later, later than, latterly, nates, next,
     none too soon, occiput, past, posterior, postern, rear, rear end,
     rearward, retarded, reverse, rump, set back, since, slow,
     slowed down, stern, subsequent to, subsequently, supporting, tail,
     tail end, tailpiece, tandem, tardy