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behind
     adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
           "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
           team trailing" [syn: {behind(p)}, {trailing}]
     n : 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}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}]
     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: {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: {behindhand}, {in arrears}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0


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