Behind \Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See
Hind, a.]
1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the
back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as,
behind a door; behind a hill.
A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.
2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing
to a distance or by death.
A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.
3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or
in any achievement.
I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
--2 Cor. xi.
5.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |