Behind - Definition

adv 1: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen
from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from
the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
2: remaining in a place or condition that has been left or
departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work
behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left
their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and
left the other cars far behind"
3: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn: behind, slow]
4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his
studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the
competition for customers"
5: in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a
month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run
behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
[syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]
adj 1: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
team trailing"
n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]