HIND (hinder)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: hinder   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hind mean? 

• HIND (noun)
  The noun HIND has 2 senses:

1. any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

2. a female deer, especially an adult female red deer

  Familiarity information: HIND used as a noun is rare.

• HIND (adjective)
  The adjective HIND has 1 sense:

1. located at or near the back of an animal

  Familiarity information: HIND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hind" is a kind of...):

grouper (usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hind"):

Epinephelus adscensionis; rock hind (found around rocky coasts or on reefs)

Holonyms ("hind" is a member of...):

Epinephelus; genus Epinephelus (genus of groupers or sea bass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A female deer, especially an adult female red deer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hind" is a kind of...):

American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti (common deer of temperate Europe and Asia)

• HIND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located at or near the back of an animal

Synonyms:

back; hind; hinder

Context example:

the hinder part of a carcass

Similar:

posterior (located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure)

 Context examples 

The more deeply sunk impression is, of course, the hind wheel, upon which the weight rests.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Interrupt the normal function of; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; stop from happening or developing; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; impede the movement of.

(Block, NCI Thesaurus)

When a dog slipped or faltered, the one behind nipped his hind quarters.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Human Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor Genes encode Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, endogenous proteins that hinder the function of cysteine proteinases.

(Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, almost all of the animals regained the use of their hind limbs.

(Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis, NIH)

Atmospheric escape is driven by a planet's magnetic field, which can both help and hinder the process.

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)

The findings suggest that antibiotics used to treat infections might hinder the effects of anti-cancer therapies.

(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)

The old man tried to hinder him, but he was bent upon going.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Vitamin D also can suppress vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, activation of garbage-eating macrophages and calcification formation, all of which can thicken blood vessel walls and hinder flexibility.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, the researchers theorize that the stress of temperature extremes could hinder the development of the placenta or alter blood flow to the uterus, both of which could potentially lead to early labor.

(Extreme temperatures could increase preterm birth risk, NIH)