behind
be·hind (bē hīnd′, bi-)
adverb
- in or to the rear or back to walk behind, to look behind
- at an earlier time; in the past my joy lies behind
- in a former place, condition, etc. the girl he left behind
- in or into a retarded state to drop behind in one's studies
- in or into arrears to fall behind in one's dues
- slow in time; late the train was running behind
- Archaic in reserve; yet to come
- remaining after the dead leave their wealth behind them
- in the rear of; in back of he sat behind me
- following at the rear of
- inferior to in position, achievement, etc.
- later than; delayed with respect to to be behind schedule
- on the other or farther side of; beyond behind the hill
- gone by or ended for; out of the attention or concern of his apprenticeship was behind him
- supporting fans solidly behind their team
- prompting or instigating the mastermind behind the plot
- hidden by; not yet revealed about there's something behind this news
- in the circumstances surrounding or antecedent to
adjective
that follows, as in a line the person behind
noun
Informal the buttocks
behind
modif. and prep.
I'll come no more behind your scenes,David: for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities.
O L, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo,O L, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Ich sitze in dem kleinsten Zimmer in meinem Hause. Ich habe Ihre Kritik vor mir. Im n a« chsten Augenblick wird sie hinter mir sein. I am sitting in the smallest room of my house.I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me.
This Englishwoman is so refined She has no bosom and no behind.
Is it peace? and Jehu said,What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
Browse dictionary entries near behind
- behest
- behemoth
- beheld
- behead
- behaviour
- behaviorism
- behavioral science
- behavioral finance
- behavior therapy
- behavior modification
- behindhand
- Behn
- behold
- beholden
- beholder
- behoof
- behoove
- Behring
- Behrman
- Beiderbecke
