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Behind   /bɪhˈaɪnd/   Listen
Behind

adverb
1.
In or to or toward the rear.  "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.  "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.  Synonym: slow.  "My watch is running behind"
4.
In or into an inferior position.  "Their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
5.
In debt.  Synonyms: behindhand, in arrears.  "A month behind in the rent" , "A company that has been run behindhand for years" , "In arrears with their utility bills"
noun
1.
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.  Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.  "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
adjective
1.
Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest.  "The 8th inning found the home team trailing"



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"Behind" Quotes from Famous Books



... the hounds were off, their noses pointed along the ground, their tails standing out straight behind them. ...
— The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires - The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail • Laura Dent Crane
... in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long ...
— Book of Wise Sayings - Selected Largely from Eastern Sources • W. A. Clouston
... Frog answered. "When I heard a splash behind me I didn't know who made it. So I played dead for a while. And after waiting until I felt somewhat safer, I went down to the bottom of the pond and hid in the mud. I've found that it's always wise to attract as little attention as possible when I don't know who's lurking about.... I hope you didn't ...
— The Tale of Chirpy Cricket • Arthur Scott Bailey
... forward and looked into her face. There was in her wonderful eyes a glint of laughter which became her well. She walked with slow graceful ease, her hands behind her, her head almost on a level with my own. I found myself studying her with a new pleasure. Then our eyes met, and I looked away, momentarily confused. Was it my fancy, or was there a certain measure of rebuke in her cool surprise, a faint indication of her desire that I should ...
— The Betrayal • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... boat all jumbled up together, and it looks kind of like a chicken coop. He lives all alone and kind of camps out. He's a nice man, you can bet, only you have to get on the right side of him. If you can't get on the right side of him the safest place is behind him. He catches fish and crabs and goes around town ...
— Roy Blakeley • Percy Keese Fitzhugh


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