Hind

  • 31hind — 1 adjective hind legs/feet the back legs or feet of an animal with four legs see also: talk the hind legs off a donkey talk 1 (11) 2 noun (C) a female deer …

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  • 32hind — I. /haɪnd / (say huynd) adjective (hinder, hindmost or hindermost) situated behind or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal. {variant or shortened form of hinder2, related to Old English hindan (adverb) from behind} II. /haɪnd / ( …

  • 33hind — English has two words hind. The adjective meaning ‘rear’ [13] probably came mainly from behind, a compound formed in Old English times from bi ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’, whose ultimate origins are unknown. Related are German hinter ‘behind’,… …

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  • 34hind — 1. adj. (esp. of parts of the body) situated at the back, posterior (hind leg) (opp. FORE). Phrases and idioms: on one s hind legs see LEG. Etymology: ME, perh. shortened f. OE bihindan BEHIND 2. n. a female deer (usu. a red deer or sika), esp.… …

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  • 35Hind II — (= HindII;Hind II) First type II restriction endonuclease identified, by Hamilton Smith in 1970. Isolated from Haemophilus influenzae Rd, it cleaves the sequence GTPyPuAc between the unspecified pyrimidine and purine generating blunt ends …

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  • 36hind — 1. adjective /haɪnd/ Located at the rear (most often said of animals body parts). When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon… …

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  • 37hind — adj. Hind is used with these nouns: ↑end, ↑leg, ↑limb, ↑wing …

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  • 38hind — f ( e/ a) hind (female deer) …

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  • 39hind — adjective the left hind leg Syn: back, rear, hinder, hindmost, posterior; dorsal Ant: fore, front …

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  • 40hind — [haɪnd] adj the hind legs or feet of an animal are its back legs or feet …

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