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achterhand — 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.

Senses

achterhand is used for these senses in English:

  • behind (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
  • 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.

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.

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