behind

  • 31behind — See: dry behind the ears, fall behind, get behind, hang back or hang behind …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 32behind — [OE] Behind was compounded in Old English times from the prefix bi ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’. This second element, and the related Old English hinder ‘below’, have relatives in other Germanic languages (German hinten and hinter ‘behind’, for… …

    Word origins

  • 33behind — Synonyms and related words: after, after time, afterpart, afterpiece, afterward, arrested, back, back door, back of, back seat, back side, back to back, backside, backward, behind the scenes, behind time, behindhand, belatedly, below, beyond,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 34behind — preposition & adverb 1》 at or to the far side of.     ↘hidden by. 2》 further back than other members of a moving group. 3》 in support of or giving guidance to.     ↘guiding, controlling, or responsible for (an event or plan). 4》 after the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35behind — n. the posterior; the buttocks. □ I’ve got a boil on the behind that’s driving me crazy. □ She needs some jeans that will flatter her behind …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 36Behind — Be|hind [bi haɪnd], das; s [engl. behind, eigtl. = hinter; hinten] (Fußball schweiz.): Toraus: Bereits nach knapp sieben Minuten vermochte er (= der Torhüter) sich auszuzeichnen, als er einen scharf getretenen Ball Badeas in B. ablenkte (NZZ 13.… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 37behind — See back of. See back of, in back of, behind …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 38Behind — Be|hind [bi haind] das; s <zu engl. behind »hinter; hinten«> (schweiz.) Raum hinter der Torlinie (Fußball) …

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  • 39behind — be·hind || bɪ haɪnd n. buttocks, rear end, seat adv. late, tardy prep. behind, in back of …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40behind —    the buttocks    It could be any part of you, from your head to your heels:     ... reference to a female s buttocks as her behind . (Jennings, 1965)    Occasionally used for the anus, in a nonsexual sense or homosexually:     It was a serious… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms