Definitions for hind
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. hindnoun

   any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

2. hindadjective

   a female deer, especially an adult female red deer

3. back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)adjective

   located at or near the back of an animal

   "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HINDadjective

   compar. hinder; superl. hindmost. Backward; contrary in position to the face: as, hind legs. See Hinder and Hindmost.

   Etymology: hyndan , Saxon.

   Bringing its tail to its head, it bends its back so far ’till its head comes to touch its hind part, and so with its armour gathers itself into a ball. John Ray, on the Creation.

   The stag
   Hears his own feet, and thinks they sound like more,
   And fears his hind legs will o’ertake his fore. Alexander Pope.

2. Hindnoun

   Etymology: hinde, Saxon, from hinnus, Latin.

   1. The she to a stag; the female of red deer.

   How he flew, with glancing dart amiss,
   A gentle hind, the which the lovely boy
   Did love as life. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Can’st thou mark when the hinds do calve? Job xxxix. 1.

   Nor Hercules more lands or labours knew,
   Not though the brazen-footed hind he slew. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. [ hine , Saxon.] A servant.

   A couple of Ford’s knaves, his hinds, were called forth by their mistress, to carry me in the name of foul cloaths to Datchet-lane. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   3. [ hineman , Saxon.] A peasant; a boor; a mean rustick.

   The Dutch, who came like greedy hinds before,
   To reap the harvest their ripe ears did yield,
   Now look like those, when rolling thunders roar,
   And sheets of lightning blast the standing field. Dryden.

   He cloth’d himself in coarse array,
   A lab’ring hind in shew. John Dryden, Fables.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hind

   A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Hindnoun

   the female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag

2. Hindnoun

   a spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind

3. Hindnoun

   a domestic; a servant

4. Hindnoun

   a peasant; a rustic; a farm servant

5. Hindadjective

   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

6. Etymology: [OE. hine, AS. hne, hna, orig. gen. pl. of hwan domestics; akin to Icel. hj 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.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Hind

   Hind is a computer game released by Digital Integration in 1997 for DOS and Windows 95. The game is a combat flight simulator which features the Soviet Mi-24 Hind attack-helicopter. It came with a detailed 99 page printed manual. Hind is rated as a PC Gamer editors choice game thanks to its high rating.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Hind

   hīnd, n. the female of the stag or red-deer.—n. Hind′berry, the raspberry. [A.S. hind; Dut. and Ger. hinde.]

2. Hind

   hīnd, n. a farm-servant, esp. one having charge of a pair of horses, with cottage on the farm, formerly bound to supply a female field-worker (bondager). [A.S. hína=híwna, gen. pl. of híwan, domestics.]

3. Hind

   hīnd, adj. placed in the rear: pertaining to the part behind: backward:—opp. to Fore.—adj. Hind′er, the older form of hind, but used in the same significations.—n. Hind′er-end, the latter end: (Scot.) buttocks.—n.pl. Hind′erlins (Scot.), the buttocks.—adjs. Hind′ermost, Hind′most, superlative of hind, farthest behind; Hind′-fore′most, the back part in the front place. [A.S. hindan (adv.), back, hinder, backwards; Goth. hindar, Ger. hinter, behind.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HIND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hind is ranked #37735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hind surname appeared 589 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hind.
   
   82.6% or 487 total occurrences were White.
   7.1% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
   4.4% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hind in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hind in a Sentence

1. Chris Coggins:

   I saw a tiger in one facility in about 2014 that had severely deformed rear leg hind legs. It couldn't even walk normally, i talked to one of the managers, who said it's probably a genetic defect. So that project has not really gone forward.

2. Colin Seddon:

   Gradually Phelps regained the use of his hind legs and should be ready for release once the weather gets warmer!

3. Ayesha Malik:

   You are a UNICEF ambassador for peace and you're encouraging nuclear war against Pakistan. There's no winner in Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces, as a Pakistani, millions of people like me have supported you in your business of Bollywood and you wanted nuclear war.

4. Matthew Herne:

   These small dinosaurs would have been agile runners on their powerful hind legs.

5. Abraham Lincoln:

   When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hind
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hind
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hind
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hind
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hind
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html