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BEHIND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example:
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonyms:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("behind" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("behind" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
Example:
the 8th inning found the home team trailing
Classified under:
Similar:
down (being or moving lower in position or less in some value)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In or to or toward the rear
Example:
the final runners were far behind
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
Example:
he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind
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Sense 3
Meaning:
In debt
Example:
in arrears with their utility bills
Synonyms:
behind; behindhand; in arrears
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Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
In or into an inferior position
Example:
their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers
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Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of timepieces
Example:
my watch is running behind
Synonyms:
behind; slow
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Adverbs
Context examples:
Naruto is a Japanese cartoon ninja character who runs with his arms behind his back.
(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)
Located behind its head and opposite of its arm, this large bulbous structure is home to all of its organs.
(Octopuses can dream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This is likely the result of intense starlight breaking up atmospheric molecules and eroding away the atmospheres of some planets over time, leaving behind two populations.
(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)
His father said: Hansel, what are you looking at there and staying behind for?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The eyes are large and brown, sometimes warm like a candle behind a curtain, sometimes very hard and bright like broken ice when sun shines upon it.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I was just balancing whether I should run for it, or whether I should perch behind her landau when a cab came through the street.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As spruce trees follow behind, they must pass through a "snowshoe hare filter."
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
The pattern of these markers makes up the “tubulin code” and scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind one of the main writers of this code, tubulin tyrosine ligase-7 (TTLL7).
(Scientists unravel the mystery of the tubulin code, NIH)
The keeper of this bookstall, who lived in a little house behind it, used to get tipsy every night, and to be violently scolded by his wife every morning.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There is no competition for the prize: the honey-hunters harvest the honey and honeyguides devour the wax combs left behind.
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
