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achtereinde — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behind preposition At or toward the back of something, or after it in time, position, or progress.
  • tail noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.

Senses

achtereinde is used for these senses in English:

  • behind The rear, back-end.
  • hindquarter Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
  • hindquarter (in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
  • hindquarter (metonymy, derogatory, usually, in the plural) Human behind, butt.
  • tail An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.

behind — full definition

  1. preposition At or toward the back of something, or after it in time, position, or progress.
  2. preposition Responsible for, or the reason for, something.
  3. noun Informal term for a person's buttocks.

tail — full definition

  1. noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.
  2. noun The rear or last part of something, such as an aircraft's tail section or the end of a line or sequence.
  3. noun The side of a coin opposite the head, or (informally) someone secretly following another person.
  4. verb To follow someone closely and secretly, typically to observe them.

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