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hind [hahynd] Example Sentences

Main Entry:	hind [hahynd] Show IPA/haɪnd/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	back
Synonyms:	aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, postern, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail

Main Entry:	back
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	end
Synonyms:	aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail
Antonyms:	front

Main Entry:	clown
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid, ignorant person
Synonyms:	blockhead, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin, chuff, churl, clodhopper, gawk, hayseed, hick, hind, jake, lout, mucker, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, swain, yahoo, yokel

Example Sentences

It is un natural for them to be standing on their hind legs.

As when a dog walks on its hind legs, it is surprising to see them do it.

Sifakas remain upright, and they leap quickly from tree to tree by jumping with their powerful hind legs.

It is un natural for them to be standing on their hind legs.

As when a dog walks on its hind legs, it is surprising to see them do it.

Sifakas remain upright, and they leap quickly from tree to tree by jumping with their powerful hind legs.

To their astonishment, one captured frog after another had five or more hind legs, some twisted in macabre contortions.

One buckskin-colored nanny with long, floppy ears rears up on her hind legs, begging for a scratch.

The treated mice regained some, but not all, movement in their hind legs.

Cattle are slashed in the throat while raised by their hind legs and fully conscious.

His dusty compound has a few mud and straw huts, some plastic chairs, and goats reaching up to bare branches on their hind legs.

Hares are larger than rabbits, and they typically have taller hind legs and longer ears.

They start by moving forward their left hind leg, followed by the left front leg.

As it arrived, the dinosaur used its wings as brakes, then planted its dainty hind feet into the mud.

The animal looked comically out of proportion, with a stretched-out skull that dwarfed its torso and hind limbs.

Four cute bunnies are standing on their hind legs pulling the levers of small calculating machines.

Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them.

One guess is that during evolution, such hind limbs vanished and reappeared.

Mountain lions are strong jumpers, thanks to muscular hind legs that are longer than their front legs.

These models were developed and then tested by doing something called hind casting.

Gradually, the hind legs disappeared, replaced by a powerful tail.

The extra leg seemed to be a fusion of two hind legs rather than a full-grown independent limb.

Female purple martin is the only species with contrasting gray collar on hind neck and pale forehead.

The hatchling had a huge head and forelimbs as long as its hind legs.

Then she uses her hind flippers to dig her nesting hole.

These animals had no tails and thus no membrane connecting to the hind legs.

She lifts her baby up with her trunk, rears up on her hind legs, and sets the baby on a rocky ledge.

These moths stand their ground with hind wings flared and forewings held above the body at a slight angle.

It is long legged, the hind legs longer than the front legs.

And one other interesting bit of anatomy about this new animal is its limbs, its fore and hind limbs.

Theropods are meat-eating dinosaurs characterized by short forelimbs and powerful hind legs.

These adaptable primates store fat in their tails and hind legs, burning it when forage is lean.

The plant-eaters use their nimble tails to climb and hang from trees and are known to stamp their hind feet when excited.

The robust hind leg shows extensive fusion of bones in its shin and foot.

Their long middle legs drive them in a sculling motion, with the hind legs acting as rudder and brakes.

Antipin has been preaching a theory that man has degenerated since he stood up on his hind legs and parted ways with the animal.

There are few known fossil specimens of these ancient snakes, and only three in which the hind limbs are preserved and visible.

The hind foot prints are between nine inches and a foot in length-these animals were not earth-shakers.

Just bang the drum, paint an arrow, tie a mule's hind legs together.

The object of their rapture is on its hind paws in the distance.

Maitai pressed closer, whipping the rope's other end, seeking a hind leg.

The horse is on its hind legs about to leap into white flames while a few men stand around blithely unaware of the danger.

The dinosaur ran on its hind legs and probably had rather small arms, he said in a telephone interview.

Veterinarians sedated her to free a hind leg caught in a fence.

It lifts itself up on the front flippers and rotates its hind flippers forward and under its body.

It is now thought that they had the strength to stand on their hind legs in order to reach food at the top of trees.

The digits on the forelimb of a primate are customarily called fingers and those on the hind limb are called toes.

The distinction is that toads generally have dry, warty skin and short hind legs used for walking instead of jumping.

The reptile stood on its hind legs, keeping its tail erect.

Before long, a small dinosaur called a ceratosaur wandered into the muck on its hind legs and couldn't break free.

The hind legs, which take longer to cure, will be available in a few months.

The distinction is that toads generally have dry, warty skin and short hind legs used for walking, instead of jumping.

Its front leg slipped and, losing its balance, the mastodon suddenly moved its hind leg to steady itself.

The smell was sharp and musky and particularly strong near the mink's hind end.

The unconscious animals are then strung up on a conveyor belt by their hind legs, and their throats are slit.

They were carefully laid on their sides in a shallow pit with their tails wrapped around their hind legs".

Mothers have actually been observed cradling a cub in their arms while walking on their hind legs, a rare trait among bears.

On land, sloths' weak hind legs provide no power and their long claws are a hindrance.

When threatened they respond by standing on their hind legs and displaying their formidable foreclaws.

At slow speeds these graceful jumpers use their forelegs and tail to hold themselves up while swinging their hind legs forward.

Then, six or seven million years ago, our ancestors stood up and began to move about on their hind legs.

His right hind foot was turned out and he had a marked limp.

Try the coffee can trick if you can catch him when he's lifting that hind leg.

When anyone comes in the house, the friendly dogs dance on their hind legs, jump up and bark.

Main Entry:	posterior
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	rear
Synonyms:	after, back, behind, dorsal, hind, hinder, hindmost, in back of, last, retral
Notes:	anterior/ventral means 'front, situated at the front' and posterior/dorsal means 'rear, situated at the rear'
Antonyms:	anterior, front

Main Entry:	rear
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	back, end
Synonyms:	aft, after, astern, backward, behind, dorsal, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, last, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearmost, rearward, retral, reverse, stern, tail
Antonyms:	beginning, front

Main Entry:	rear
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	back or end part
Synonyms:	afterpart, back, back door, back end, back seat, backside, behind, bottom, butt, buttocks, end, heel, hind, hind part, hindquarters, posterior, postern, rear end, rear guard, rearward, reverse, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tush
Antonyms:	beginning, front

Main Entry:	bumpkin
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	unsophisticated person
Synonyms:	boor, clod, clodhopper, clodpoll, country, hayseed, hick, hind, lout, lummox, oaf, rube, yahoo, yokel
Antonyms:	sophisticate

Main Entry:	clodhopper
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	lummox
Synonyms:	boor, boot, bumpkin, clown, hick, hind, lout, oaf, plowman, redneck, rustic, shoe, yokel

Main Entry:	postern
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	back
Synonyms:	aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hind, hindmost, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece

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