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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
- Example: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
- Example: "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, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
- Example: "behind by two points"
- Example: "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"


ADVERB (5)

1. in or to or toward the rear;
- Example: "he followed behind"
- Example: "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"
- Example: "the final runners were far behind"

2. remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from;
- Example: "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"
- Example: "left a large family behind"
- Example: "the children left their books behind"
- Example: "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"

3. of timepieces;
- Example: "the clock is almost an hour slow"
- Example: "my watch is running behind"
[syn: behind, slow]

4. in or into an inferior position;
- Example: "fell behind in his studies"
- Example: "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"

5. in debt;
- Example: "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"
- Example: "a month behind in the rent"
- Example: "a company that has been run behindhand for years"
- Example: "in arrears with their utility bills"
[syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
                                                  5.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Behind \Be*hind"\, n.
   The backside; the rump. [Low]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

behind
    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: behind, 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: behind, behindhand, in arrears]
    adj 1: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
           "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
           team trailing"
    n 1: 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,
         behind, derriere, fanny, ass]