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Behind
see synonyms of behindNoun
1. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example Sentences:'he deserves a good kick in the butt''are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?'
Adjective
2. behind
having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
Example Sentences:'behind by two points''the 8th inning found the home team trailing'
Adverb
3. behind
in or to or toward the rear
Example Sentences:'he followed behind''seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front''the final runners were far behind'
4. behind
remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
Example Sentences:'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'
5. behind, slow
of timepieces
Example Sentences:'the clock is almost an hour slow''my watch is running behind'
6. behind
in or into an inferior position
Example Sentences:'fell behind in his studies''their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers'
7. behind, behindhand, in arrears
in debt
Example Sentences:'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'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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