behind : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: behind	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for behind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behind 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" 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" of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" Synonym(s): behind, slow in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" 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" Synonym(s): behind, behindhand, in arrears adj having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" n 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?" Synonym(s): 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Behind \Behind"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Behind \Be*hind"\, adv. 1. At the back part; in the rear. [bd]I shall not lag behind.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Behind \Be*hind"\, n. The backside; the rump. [Low]