BEHIND

behind

Noun

  1. the rear, back-end
  2. bottom, downside
  3. butt, the buttocks
  4. A one-point score.
    1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,
    For we've kicked another behind.
    — "The Opening Ball" in Comic Australian Verse, ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, , ISBN 0-424-00113-6.
  5. The catcher.
  6. In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).

Adverb

  1. At the back part; in the rear.
  2. Toward the back part or rear; backward.
    to look behind
  3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
  4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
  5. After the departure of another
    to stay behind
  6. Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.


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