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Definition of hind adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hind

adjective
 
/haɪnd/
 
/haɪnd/
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  1. the hind legs or feet of an animal with four legs are those at the back
    • The horse reared up on its hind legs.
    opposite fore, frontTopics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHind is used with these nouns:
    • end
    • leg
    • limb
    • …
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    Word Originadjective Middle English: perhaps shortened from Old English behindan, bihindan, from bi ‘by’ + hindan ‘from behind’.
Idioms
talk the hind legs off a donkey
  1. (informal) to talk too much, especially about things that are boring or not important
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