Meaning & use
hind
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located at the back or rear, especially of an animal's body.
See it in a sentence
The dog scratched behind its ear with its hind leg.
Deer can leap remarkable distances using the powerful muscles in their hind legs.
A note on using this word
Hind is used only before a noun (a hind leg), never on its own the way 'back' can be; as a separate noun, 'hind' also refers to a female deer.
Words with a similar meaning
rearback
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Words with an opposite meaning
frontfore
Another way to use it
2. noun
a female deer, especially a red deer
A hind and her fawn grazed quietly at the edge of the forest.
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