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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Behind \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Behind \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Behind \Be*hind"\, n. The backside; the rump. [Low] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: behind adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" [syn: {behind(p)}, {trailing}] n : the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks}, {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}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}] adv 1: 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" 2: 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" 3: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" [syn: {slow}] 4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" 5: 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" [syn: {behindhand}, {in arrears}]
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