kind
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”).
Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.
Inflected forms:
form: kinds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kinde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kynd
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kynde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: kinder
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: kindest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: kinde
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
pos: noun
examples: What kind of (a) person are you?
What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.
Neither of them is the marrying kind.
How diversely Love doth his pageants play, / And shews his powre in variable kinds !
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
 Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”
That in virtue of which all of his material parts are of the same kind human being is what makes those parts belong to Hook, but Hook is neither identical with his kind (the essence of human being), nor is Hook merely that which makes him a member of the kind or all his parts human (his soul).
gloss: A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
pos: noun
examples: The opening served as a kind of window.
I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.
gloss: One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: Must yt nedes folowe that theyr fayth was chaunged in kynde, bycause yt was augmented in degrees.
The generall woorde, is spoken of many, that differ either in kynd, or els in nombre.
'Tis all one..whether our Afflictions be the same with those of others, in Kind, or not Superiour to them in Degree.
He also argued powerfully, if less influentially, that animals' and humans' capacities differ largely in degree and not in kind.
gloss: Family, lineage.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: My young love said to me, My mother won’t mind
And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind.
gloss: Manner.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
pos: noun
examples: in kind
I don't have any money but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes.
Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, / Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.
gloss: Equivalent means used as response to an action.
pos: noun
examples: in kind
I'll pay in kind for his insult.
gloss: Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
pos: noun
gloss: The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
pos: noun
examples: The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor.
gloss: Food in a particular category.
pos: noun
tags: Caribbean
in-compounds
examples: Fish kind was what she ate then.
The farmers had plenty of ground provisions, but there was no "meat kind."
They can be served with fried fish, chicken, ackee and salt fish or other meat kind, as well as eaten separately as a treat.
gloss: Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
pos: adj
examples: Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.
gloss: Affectionate.
pos: adj
examples: a kind man; a kind heart
Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, / The love he bore to learning was in fault.
gloss: Favorable.
pos: adj
examples: Thy words aſſure me of kind ſucceſſe: / Go valiant Souldier, go before and charge / The fainting army of that foolish King.
gloss: Mild, gentle, forgiving
pos: adj
examples: The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
gloss: Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
pos: adj
examples: a horse kind in harness
gloss: Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: it becommeth sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind tast.
Synonyms: genre
sort
type
derivative
generation
offspring
child
Related words: kin
kindhood
kindred
kinship
Derived words: any old kind of way
blood kind
breadkind
error of the first kind
error of the second kind
first-of-its-kind
five-of-a-kind
five of a kind
four of a kind
four-of-a-kind
grant-in-kind
grant in kind
in-kind
in kind
-kind
kinda
kind of
kind of like
many-kinded
of a kind
of its kind
one kind
one-of-a-kind
one of a kind
perpetual motion machine of the first kind
perpetual motion machine of the second kind
some kind of
Stirling number of the second kind
subkind
three-of-a-kind
three of a kind
two-of-a-kind
two of a kind
underkind
what kind of
what kind of music do you like
be cruel to be kind
be kind, rewind
kindful
kindhearted
kindish
kindless
kindly
kindness
kind regards
kindship
kindsome
overkind
totally kind day
unkind
would you be so kind as to
you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: soort
lang: Afrikaans
word: tipe
lang: Albanian
word: lloj
lang: Albanian
word: soj
lang: Arabic
word: نوع
lang: Armenian
word: տեսակ
roman: tesak
lang: Aromanian
word: soie
lang: Assamese
word: ধৰণ
roman: dhoron
lang: Basque
word: genero
lang: Basque
word: klase
lang: Basque
word: tipo
lang: Bengali
word: প্রকার
roman: prokar
lang: Bengali
word: প্রজাতি
roman: projati
lang: Buginese
word: jinisi
lang: Bulgarian
word: вид
roman: vid
lang: Bulgarian
word: сорт
roman: sort
lang: Bulgarian
word: раса
roman: rasa
lang: Bulgarian
word: порода
roman: poroda
lang: Burmese
word: မျိုး
roman: myui:
lang: Catalan
word: tipus
lang: Catalan
word: gènere
lang: Catalan
word: classe
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 類 /类
roman: leoi⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 類 /类
roman: lèi
lang: Maore Comorian
word: aina
lang: Danish
word: slags
lang: Danish
word: art
lang: Dutch
word: soort
lang: Dutch
word: type
lang: Esperanto
word: speco
lang: Estonian
word: liik
lang: Estonian
word: sort
lang: Estonian
word: tõug
lang: Finnish
word: laji
lang: Finnish
word: laatu
lang: Finnish
word: luokka
lang: Finnish
word: tyyppi
lang: Finnish
word: -lainen
lang: French
word: genre
lang: French
word: sorte
lang: French
word: acabit
lang: Georgian
word: ჯიში
roman: ǯiši
lang: Georgian
word: ტიპი
roman: ṭiṗi
lang: Georgian
word: სახეობა
roman: saxeoba
lang: German
word: Art
lang: German
word: Sorte
lang: Ancient Greek
word: εἶδος
roman: eîdos
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻano
lang: Hebrew
word: מִין
roman: min
lang: Hindi
word: तरह
roman: tarah
lang: Hindi
word: प्रकार
roman: prakār
lang: Hindi
word: दयालु
roman: dayālu
lang: Hungarian
word: fajta
lang: Hungarian
word: típus
lang: Icelandic
word: gerð
lang: Icelandic
word: tegund
lang: Ingrian
word: sorttu
lang: Irish
word: gné
lang: Irish
word: sórt
lang: Old Irish
word: cenéle
lang: Italian
word: genere
lang: Italian
word: tipo
lang: Japanese
word: 種類
roman: shurui
lang: Javanese
word: bangsa
lang: Javanese
word: jinis
lang: Javanese
word: rupa
lang: Javanese
word: warna
lang: Javanese
word: warni
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រភេទ
roman: prɑɑpheit
lang: Korean
word: 종류
roman: jongnyu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: جۆڕ
roman: corr
lang: Lao
word: ຊະນິດ
roman: sa nit
lang: Latin
word: genus
lang: Latvian
word: suga
lang: Latvian
word: šķirne
lang: Latvian
word: veids
lang: Lithuanian
word: rūšis
lang: Lithuanian
word: veislė
lang: Low German
word: Art
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Aart
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Zort
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Genre
lang: Makasar
word: jinisi
lang: Malay
word: jenis
lang: Maltese
word: razza
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠠᠴᡳᠨ
roman: hacin
lang: Māori
word: kano
lang: Marathi
word: प्रकार
roman: prakār
lang: Mongolian
word: төрөл
roman: töröl
lang: Mongolian
word: төрөл зүйл
roman: töröl züjl
lang: Mongolian
word: зүйл
roman: züjl
lang: Nanai
word: хачин
roman: hačin
lang: Norwegian
word: slag
lang: Oromo
word: gosa
lang: Persian
word: گونه
roman: gune
lang: Persian
word: نوع
roman: now'
lang: Persian
word: تیپ
roman: tip
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Sort
lang: Polish
word: typ
lang: Polish
word: rasa
lang: Polish
word: rodzaj
lang: Polish
word: autorament
lang: Portuguese
word: tipo
lang: Portuguese
word: categoria
lang: Portuguese
word: género
lang: Portuguese
word: raça
lang: Portuguese
word: classe
lang: Punjabi
word: ਵਰਗ
roman: varag
lang: Punjabi
word: ਕਿਸਮ
roman: kisam
lang: Romanian
word: fel
lang: Romanian
word: gen
lang: Russian
word: вид
roman: vid
lang: Russian
word: разнови́дность
roman: raznovídnostʹ
lang: Russian
word: сорт
roman: sort
lang: Russian
word: род
roman: rod
lang: Russian
word: тип
roman: tip
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gnè
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seòrsa
lang: Somali
word: nooc
lang: Spanish
word: género
lang: Spanish
word: forma
lang: Spanish
word: índole
lang: Spanish
word: calaña
lang: Spanish
word: ralea (can be pejorative)
lang: Spanish
word: laya
lang: Spanish
word: jaez
lang: Spanish
word: estofa
lang: Spanish
word: rubro
lang: Swedish
word: sort
lang: Swedish
word: slag
lang: Swedish
word: typ
lang: Swedish
word: art
lang: Tagalog
word: uri
lang: Telugu
word: రకము
roman: rakamu
lang: Telugu
word: జాతి
roman: jāti
lang: Thai
word: ชนิด
roman: chá-nít
lang: Thai
word: ประเภท
roman: bprà-pêet
lang: Thai
word: อย่าง
roman: yàang
lang: Turkish
word: tür
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: جنس
roman: cins
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چشید
roman: çeşid
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: نوع
roman: nevʼ
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: فن
roman: fenn
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صنف
roman: sınf, sınıf
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صوی
roman: soy
lang: Ukrainian
word: вид
roman: vyd
lang: Ukrainian
word: тип
roman: typ
lang: Urdu
word: نوع
roman: nū'
lang: Venetan
word: sòrt
lang: Venetan
word: sòrta
lang: Vietnamese
word: loại
lang: Welsh
word: math