hind
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- adjective
- /haɪnd/
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posterior
- Its eye open, hind legs kicking, still fleeing, tongue swelling between teeth.
- hind legs
I've seen dogs that look more natural standing on their hind legs.
- I've seen dogs that look more natural standing on their hind legs.
- OK, Well, then why don't you listen for a minute before you get up on your hind legs?
- We looked at body fat, We looked at hind limb weights.
- He he grabs the piglet by her hind legs and slams her head first into the ground.
- I think they're called sun bears and they stand up on hind legs and walk like humans to the end.
- You make its hind paw, one of its paws, one of its feet hurt a modest amount.
- He has no curls to him and I told my daughter we don't bought a bootleg poodle and he won't stay off of his hind legs.
Examples
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Though Nayan gave birth to Fatu, she now has weak hind legs, which could harm her health if she became pregnant again.
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Its hind legs are in the air.
Fiction book (1994) -
So I would put this around her belly and her little hind legs.
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I've seen dogs that look more natural standing on their hind legs.
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And then lo and behold, he spotted this bear that was on its hind legs smelling some of our meat.
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I sat up, and the camel got first on its knees, its hind legs, then its head jutted up and I bounced.
Blog text (29) -
The dog stood on its hind legs to reach the treat on the counter.
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After jumping over the fence, the cat landed on its hind legs.
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The horse stretched its hind legs before beginning the race.
Synonyms
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Located at the rear of something
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At the back of something, like a car or building
At the back of an animal, near the tail
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Etymology
Hind as in 'hind leg' comes from old words meaning 'at the back' and is the same idea you see in behind ('at the back'). So hind means the rear part of an animal, like its back legs.