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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#m1)

2) (noun) A female red deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x1)
- Kangaroos have very strong hind legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x2)
- A frog's hind legs are longer than its front legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x3)
- The hind and her fawn ran into the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x4)
- My aunt could talk the hind legs off a donkey! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x5)
- A horse kicks with its hind legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x6)
- “On your hind legs!” squealed Billy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/#x7)

### 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».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/17/)
- [Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1620/)
- [And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.763/)
- [Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.693/)
- [Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.406/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hind» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hind/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.