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Adjective
/biˈhīnd/,
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At or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it,
  1. Following; lagging
    • - the team behind could accept a loss
Preposition
  1. At or to the far side of (something), typically so as to be hidden by it

  2. Expressing location
    • - the recording machinery was kept behind screens
    • - sitting behind a luggage cart
  3. Hidden from the observer
    • - the agony behind his decision to retire
  4. Expressing movement
    • - Jannie instinctively hid her cigarette behind her back
  5. At the back of (someone), after they have passed through a door
    • - she ran out of the room, slamming the door behind her
  6. In a line or procession, following or further back than (another member of the line or procession)
    • - stuck behind a slow-moving tractor
  7. In support of or giving guidance to (someone else)
    • - whatever you decide to do, I'll be behind you
    • - the power behind the throne
  8. Guiding, controlling, or responsible for (an event or plan)
    • - the chances were that he was behind the death of the girl
    • - the reasoning behind their decisions
  9. After the departure or death of (the person referred to)
    • - he left behind him a manuscript that was subsequently published
  10. Less advanced than (someone else) in achievement or development
    • - the government admitted it is ten years behind the West in PC technology
  11. Having a lower score than (another competitor)
    • - Woodnam moved to ten under par, five shots behind Fred Couples
Noun
  1. The buttocks
    • - sitting on her behind
  2. A one-point score made by kicking the ball between the outer set of two sets of goalposts (the behind line), or by touching the ball, causing it to pass between the inner posts (goalposts)

Adverb
  1. At or to the far side or the back side of something
    • - as I looked behind, my feet crashed into a basket
    • - Campbell grabbed him from behind
  2. In a place or time already past
    • - the adventure lay behind them
  3. Remaining after someone or something is gone
    • - blocks of ice left behind by a retreating glacier
    • - don't leave me behind
  4. Further back than other members of a group
    • - Bill led the way, with the others a short distance behind
  5. (in a game or contest) Having a score lower than that of the opposition
    • - polls showed him as much as 50 points behind
  6. Slow or late in accomplishing a task
    • - getting behind with my work
    • - things were falling behind
  7. In arrears
    • - she was behind with her rent
  8. Underlying or motivating
    • - behind his winning facade lurks uncertainty

  1. behind(p): having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"
  2. buttocks: 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?"
  3. 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"
  4. 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"
  5. of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
  6. in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
  7. The laws of Australian football describe the rules of the game of Australian rules football as they have evolved and adapted, with the same underlying core rules, since 1859.
  8. Behind is the 1995 debut album from German progressive metal band Superior.
  9. "Behind" is name of a 2008 Electronica/Dance single from the Italian Alternative/Electronica group Flanders. The group co-wrote and co-produced the track with producer/remixer Vincenzo Callea, which is their follow up to their 2007 debut single "By Your Side. ...
  10. the rear, back-end; bottom, downside; butt, the buttocks; A 1 point score; (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the catcher; At the back part; in the rear; Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind; Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; ...
  11. When your hand is not the best hand before all the cards have been dealt.
  12. A step with the free foot crossing behind the weighted foot
  13. Standing or crossing behind a dance partner, or having one foot behind another dancer.
  14. Used for listed equity securities. At the same price but entered after your order/interest, such as on the specialist's book. Antithesis of ahead of you.
  15. Currently not having the best poker hand of those still active in the deal.
  16. The past; what you have left behind / What you have chosen to, or want to, forget / Secrets; things you are not aware of / If behind something: Repressed urges; feeling inferior / If in back of a house: Need for privacy; intimacy; surreptitious behaviors / (see BACK)
  17. when applied to a player means, unless otherwise stated, that both feet are behind the position in question. Similarly 'in front of' means nearer to one's opponent's goal line.
  18. A player who has a worse hand than another player in a hand that has not yet been dealt to completion.
  19. You are behind if by the time the last card is dealt your hand is not the strongest.
  20. This is a score and it is worth one point. One point is scored when: the ball is kicked or touched line by a defender and then goes over the goal line, when the ball hits the goalpost or when the ball goes over the behind line but does not hit the behind post.
  21. poker lingo for a player who does not have the best hand near the end of the game.
  22. This term indicates that a player does not hold a hand they find to be good. It means that money is in play the not seen in form of chips that are directly in front of the player, also.
  23. [A dot] points thumb down and descends.
  24. n wara wara;  prep ware-et ware-et
  25. Not (currently) having the best hand. I'm pretty sure my pair of jacks was behind Lou's kings, but I had other outs, so I kept playing.