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Plural of hind

irregular plural

The plural of hind is hind or hinds.

Forms of hind

Singularhind /haɪnd/
Pluralhind /haɪnd/
hinds
Countablecountable and uncountable

Hinds in a sentence

  • The groupers, hinds and many related serranids are well-known for their rather unusual reproductive styles.2000, Yvonne Sadovy, Andrew S. Cornish, Reef Fishes of Hong Kong, page 46. From the entry serranid
  • Hinds beamed at Ipsie through pince-nez and bubbled her joy through thin lips, but Ipsie made no reply.1924, Stella Benson, Pipers and a Dancer, page 14. From the entry bubble
  • This was explained when we got up to the beasts, for they were all dead, six of them: five hinds and calves and a small knobbler.1971, Country life, volume 150. From the entry knobbler
  • She climbed to the top of Craig Dhu and had a long spy, but, except for more hinds and one small knobber, living thing there was none.1925, John Buchan, John Macnab, page 100. From the entry knobber

Meaning of hind

  1. adjective Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  2. adjective Backward; to the rear.
  3. noun A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old.

Full definition of hind

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of hind

What is the plural of hind?
The plural of hind is hind or hinds.
Is hind countable?
Hind is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hind (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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