I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
back/hind foot (= of an animal )
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The horse lifted its back foot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
foot
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Front and rear legs are thrown neither in nor out, as the imprint of hind feet should touch that of forefeet.
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A sixth cat emerged from under the bed and paused, pointing each hind foot in turn.
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It is covered in a dense, waterproof fur and has webbed forefeet and partially webbed hind feet .
leg
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You can but it whole or already cut into joints, such as saddle or hind legs .
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On a cue from its master, the bear obediently stood up on its hind legs .
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Another screaming beast collapsed on broken hind legs .
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In the photo Glover was as stooped as ever, a trained bear on hind legs .
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She then raises her hind legs so that she is crouching with her nose down and her back tilted.
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Standing on their hind legs , as this particular bear was now doing, they can reach nine feet.
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When he got close enough they saw that its hind legs were twitching feebly.
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A flap of skin between forelegs and hind legs , enlarged feet or a flattened body all help.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even the hounds sensed something was amiss and became still, tails pressed between hind legs, watching.
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It was a small piece of shrapnel, but it did a number on the left cheek of my hind end.
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On a cue from its master, the bear obediently stood up on its hind legs.
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The forelimbs are less than half the length of the hind limbs, which suggests an obligatory bipedal posture.
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The hair is somewhat longer on both front and hind legs.
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Think of a tall, gray rabbit who wears white gloves and walks around on his hind legs.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A forest hermit, he was wounded with an arrow while protecting a hind he had been suckling for a year.
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I can't grab the gun with my left, because my hind is still bandaged.
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It was a whole roast kudu hind .
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Old stags and hinds and young calves numbers have not been cut as in the past by the cold climate.
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Skilled stalkers are shooting up to a dozen hinds a day.
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The keepers have the task of culling the hinds.
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Today was the twentieth, the end of the closed season on hinds.
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You would have a lot of hinds who lived without having any fawns, and nobody quite knows what effect that would have.