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Behind

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Behind Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Behind?

[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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"
[adv] in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
[adv] of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Behind: arse | ass | backside | behindhand | bottom | bum | buns | butt | buttocks | can | derriere | fanny | fundament | hind end | hindquarters | in arrears | keister | nates | posterior | prat | rear | rear end | rump | seat | slow | stern | tail | tail end | tooshie | tush

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | body | body part | torso | trunk

Behind In Webster's Dictionary

\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. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall. 2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope. 3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. --2 Cor. xi. 5.
\Be*hind"\, adv. 1. At the back part; in the rear. ``I shall not lag behind.'' --Milton. 2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind. 3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. --Locke. 4. Backward in time or order of succession; past. Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil. ii. 13. 5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind. Leave not a rack behind. --Shak.
\Be*hind"\, n. The backside; the rump. [Low]

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