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achterste — 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.
  • bum noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  • butt noun A person's buttocks.
  • caboose noun The last car on a freight train, once used as sleeping and cooking quarters for the crew.
  • hind adj Located at or toward the back, especially of an animal's body.
  • hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
  • posterior adj Located at or nearer the back of something, especially the body.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
  • tail noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.

Senses

achterste is used for these senses in English:

  • behind (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The buttocks.
  • bum (informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The anus.
  • caboose (slang, childish, euphemistic) The buttocks.
  • hind Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  • hinder of or belonging to that part in the rear
  • 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.

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.

bum — full definition

  1. noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  2. noun A homeless person, or a lazy, useless person (dated, often offensive).
  3. verb To ask for or obtain something for free, especially informally.
  4. adj Of poor quality, unfair, or disappointing.

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