/ haɪnd; NAmE / adjective , noun
■ adjective
[ only before noun ] the hind legs or feet of an animal with four legs are those at the back :
The horse reared up on its hind legs.
OPP fore , front
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IDIOMS
see talk verb
■ noun
a female deer , especially a red deer ; a doe
—compare hart
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WORD ORIGIN
adjective Middle English : perhaps shortened from Old English behindan , bihindan , from bi by + hindan from behind .
noun Old English , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hinde and German Hinde , from an Indo-European root meaning hornless, shared by Greek kemas young deer.