From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behind
adv 1: 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: 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: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn: behind, slow]
4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his
studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the
competition for customers"
5: 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"
[syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]
adj 1: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
team trailing"
n 1: 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?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Behind \Be*hind"\, adv.
1. At the back part; in the rear. "I shall not lag behind."
--Milton.
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2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look
behind.
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3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view;
out of sight; remaining.
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We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.
--Locke.
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4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
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Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil.
ii. 13.
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5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
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Leave not a rack behind. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Behind \Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See
Hind, a.]
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.
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A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing
to a distance or by death.
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A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.
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3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or
in any achievement.
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I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
--2 Cor. xi.
5.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Behind \Be*hind"\, n.
The backside; the rump. [Low]
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