hind

«hind» in Mova's school dictionary: At the back; used about animals' legs: the dog's hind legs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (hind — before a noun); noun (a hind, hinds)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) At the back; used about animals' legs: the dog's hind legs. tree →

2) (noun) A female red deer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about animals four-legged animals have front legs (forelegs) and hind legs; kangaroos and frogs jump with strong hind legs; in maths, animals' legs are counted. Phrases: «hind legs», «talk the hind legs off a donkey» (UK: talk too much).

examples

• The dog stood on its hind legs to beg. tree →
• Kangaroos have very strong hind legs. tree →
• A frog's hind legs are longer than its front legs. tree →
• The hind and her fawn ran into the woods. tree →
• My aunt could talk the hind legs off a donkey! tree →
• A horse kicks with its hind legs. tree →
• “On your hind legs!” squealed Billy. tree →

note

Only before a noun as an adjective («hind legs»; not «the legs are hind»). A male red deer is a stag; a female is a hind. Opposite of hind legs: front legs (forelegs).

In the corpora

• Tortoise practises putting his hind legs round his ears, which he calls «so peculiarly comfortable».
• Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
• And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
• Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;
• Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hind» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.