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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small part of what he left behind him. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At the back part; in the rear. “I shall not lag behind.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Backward in time or order of succession; past. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forgetting those things which are behind. Phil. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave not a rack behind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The backside; the rump. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Behind + hand. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this also [ dress ] the country are very much behindhand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kema`s a young deer. ] 1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hine, AS. hīne, hīna, orig. gen. pl. of hīwan domestics; akin to Icel. hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land. ] 1. A domestic; a servant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Hinder superl. Hindmost or Hindermost ] [ OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a. ] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st Hind, and Berry. ] The raspberry. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind, adj. + brain. ] (Anat.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost. ] Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hindered p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering. ] [ OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar&unr_;n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a. ] 1. To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going. [ 1913 Webster ]

Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hinder you too long. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? Locke.

Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, hinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding. ] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [ Obs. ] Callander.

n. [ Hind, a. + gut. ] (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo. ] The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

{ } a. [ The superlative of hind. See Hind, a. ] [ Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost. ] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. “Rachel and Joseph hindermost.” Gen. xxxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hindustani. See Hindoostanee.
Syn. -- Hindustani, Hindoostani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the back half of a side of meat, from about the twelfth rib back. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.
Syn. -- buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
Syn. -- croup, croupe, rump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Hinder, v. t. ] 1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which hinders; an impediment. [ 1913 Webster ]

What various hindrances we meet. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something between a hindrance and a help. Wordsworth.

Syn. -- Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

20-20 hindsight,
twenty-twenty hindsight Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made. [ PJC ]

{ } n.; pl. Hindoos it>or Hindus. [ Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian. ] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

n. Same as Hindoo. This is now the more commonly used spelling. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ or }. A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:

 Baisakh . . . . . . . . . . April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . . Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . . . . . . . . . . March-April 

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{ } n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.

n. 1. the dominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system anud belief in reincarnation.
Syn. -- Hindooism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a complex of beliefs and values and customs including worship of many gods, especially the Trimurti composed of Brahma the Creator; Vishnu the preserver; and Shiva the destroyer.
Syn. -- Hindooism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. northern region of India where Hinduism predominates. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India. ] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Hindustan or its inhabitants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
Syn. -- Hindu, Hindoo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. See Hindoostanee.
Syn. -- Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a splitting into fragments. ] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Shingle. ] A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover or roof with shindles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shindies [ Etymol. uncertain; cf. Shinney, Shinty. ] 1. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [ Slang ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hockey; shinney. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fancy or liking. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]