Behind

prep.	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.
adv.	1.	At the back part; in the rear.
	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.
n.	1.	The backside; the rump.

Noun	1.	behind - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonyms: arse, ass, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, butt, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, bum
Adj.	1.	behind - having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" Synonyms: trailing
Adv.	1.	behind - 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.	behind - 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.	behind - of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" Synonyms: slow
	4.	behind - in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
	5.	behind - 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" Synonyms: behindhand, in arrears

after time, afterpart, afterpiece, afterward, arrested, back, back door, back of, back seat, back side, back to back, backside, behind the scenes, behind time, behindhand, belatedly, below, beyond, bottom, breech, butt, buttocks, by and by, can, checked, croup, crupper, deep into, delayed, derriere, detained, fanny, far on, following, haunches, heel, heinie, hind end, hind part, hindhead, impeded, in arrear, in arrears, in back of, in support of, in the background, in the rear, infra, late, later, later than, latterly, nates, next, none too soon, occiput, past, posterior, postern, rear, rear end, rearward, retarded, reverse, rump, set back, since, slow, slowed down, stern, subsequent to, subsequently, supporting, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tandem, tardy

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