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German

Pronunciation

Etymology

Old High German kind from Germanic from the Indo-European root *gene- "to give birth", from which Latin genitus stems too.

Noun

Kind n (genitive singular: Kindes, nominative plural: Kinder, diminutive: Kindchen, Kindlein)

  1. child (young person)
  2. offspring


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Category:German nouns Category:de:Family

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kind \Kind\ (k[imac]nd), a. [Compar. Kinder (k[imac]nd"[~e]r);
superl. Kindest.] [AS. cynde, gecynde, natural, innate,
prop. an old p. p. from the root of E. kin. See Kin
kindred.]
1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;
natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth
the kind taste. --Holland.
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2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
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Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was his fault.
--Goldsmith.
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3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and
confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
benevolent; benignant; gracious.
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He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke
vi 35.
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O cruel Death, to those you take more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --Garrick.
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4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. "Manners so
kind, yet stately." --Tennyson.
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5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in
harness.

Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;
gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See
Obliging.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See Kind, a.]
1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]
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He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer.
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Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,
Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.
--Dryden.
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2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or
humankind. "Come of so low a kind." --Chaucer.
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Every kind of beasts, and of birds. --James iii.7.
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She follows the law of her kind. --Wordsworth.
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Here to sow the seed of bread,
That man and all the kinds be fed. --Emerson.
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3. Sort; type; class; nature; style; character; fashion;
manner; variety; description; as, there are several kinds
of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of
government; various kinds of soil, etc.
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How diversely Love doth his pageants play,
And snows his power in variable kinds ! --Spenser.
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There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I
Cor. xv. 39.
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Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the
matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not
rich men philosophers? --Bacon.
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A kind of, something belonging to the class of; something
like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.

In kind, in the produce or designated commodity itself, as
distinguished from its value in money.
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Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn.
--Arbuthnot.

Syn: Sort; species; type; class; genus; nature; style;
character; breed; set.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Kind \Kind\, v. t. [See Kin.]
To beget. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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WordNet Kind
adj 1: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful
nature; used especially of persons and their behavior;
"kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words
showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for
her kind letter" [ant: unkind]
2: liberal; "kind words of praise"
3: conducive to comfort; beneficial; "the genial sunshine"; "a
kind climate"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind
to the feet" [syn: genial]
4: expressing sympathy
5: characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate
toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane
judge" [syn: merciful]
6: agreeable; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"
7: helpful to other people; "helping an old lady with her
bundles was his kind deed for the day"
8: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was
very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: tolerant]
9: showing consideration and anticipation of needs; "it was
thoughtful of you to bring flowers"; "a neighbor showed
thoughtful attention" [syn: thoughtful]
10: generously responsive; "good-hearted but inept efforts to
help"; "take a kindly interest"; "a kindly gentleman";
"an openhearted gift to charity" [syn: good-hearted, kindly,
openhearted]
n : a category of things distinguished by some common
characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art";
"what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: sort, form,
variety]
Moby Dictionary
Christian , Christlike , Christly , accommodating , advantageous ,
affable , affectionate , agreeable , altruistic , amiable , amicable ,
animal kingdom , approachable , auspicious , beneficent , beneficial ,
benevolent , benign , benignant , blood , body-build , bon , bonny ,
brand , braw , breed , brood , brotherly , bueno , capital , cast ,
character , characteristic , characteristics , charitable , clan ,
class , clement , cogent , color , commendable , compassionate ,
complaisant , complexion , compliant , composition , conciliatory ,
congenial , considerate , constituents , constitution , cooperative ,
cordial , courteous , crasis , decent , deme , denomination ,
description , designation , dharma , diathesis , disposition ,
eleemosynary , elegant , estimable , ethos , excellent , expedient ,
fair , family , famous , favorable , feather , fiber , fine , folk ,
forbearing , forgiving , form , frame , fraternal , friendlike ,
friendly , generous , genial , genius , genre , gens , gentle , genus ,
good , good-hearted , good-humored , good-natured , good-tempered ,
goodly , gracious , grain , grand , habit , harmonious , healthy ,
helpful , house , hue , human , humane , humanitarian , humor , humors ,
ilk , indulgent , kidney , kin , kindhearted , kindly , kindly-disposed ,
label , laudable , lenient , line , lineage , long-suffering ,
longanimous , lot , loving , magnanimous , make , makeup , manner , mark ,
matriclan , merciful , mold , nation , nature , neighborlike ,
neighborly , nice , noble , number , obliging , openhearted , order ,
overindulgent , overpermissive , patient , patriclan , peaceable ,
people , permissive , persuasion , philanthropic , phratry , phyle ,
phylum , physique , placable , plant kingdom , pleasant , profitable ,
property , propitious , quality , race , regal , responsive , royal ,
sept , shape , simpatico , sisterly , skillful , sociable , softhearted ,
somatotype , sort , sound , sparing , species , spirit , splendid , stamp ,
stem , stirps , stock , strain , streak , stripe , style , suchness ,
sweet-tempered , sympathetic , sympathique , sympathizing , system ,
temper , temperament , tendency , tender , tenderhearted , tenor ,
the like of , the likes of , thoughtful , tolerant , tone , totem ,
tribe , type , understanding , unhostile , unresentful , unrevengeful ,
useful , valid , variety , vein , very good , virtuous , warm ,
warm-hearted , warmhearted , way , well-affected , well-disposed ,
well-intentioned , well-meaning , well-meant


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