Hypertext Webster Gateway: "behind"
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) 1.7 (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},
{nates}, {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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