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Definitions for: Behind
[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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"
[adv] 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"
[adv] in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
[adv] of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.
2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing
to a distance or by death.
A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.
3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or
in any achievement.
I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
--2 Cor. xi.
5.
Be*hind", adv.
1. At the back part; in the rear. ``I shall not lag behind.''
--Milton.
2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look
behind.
3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view;
out of sight; remaining.
We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.
--Locke.
4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil.
ii. 13.
5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
Leave not a rack behind. --Shak.
Be*hind", n.
The backside; the rump. [Low]
Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behindhand, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, in arrears, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, slow, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
See Also: body, body part, torso, trunk
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