Meaning of kind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
2. Plenty of; ample: We have all kinds of time to finish the job.
3. genre
4. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
5. Rather; somewhat: I'm kind of hungry.
6. genus
7. One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
   archaic
8. Of the same kind; alike: My father and my uncle are two of a kind.
9. gender, sex
10. Family, lineage.
    archaic
11. Characterized by kindness and concern for others:altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, good, goodhearted, kindhearted, kindly.
12. gender
13. Manner.
    archaic
14. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.
15. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
16. a sort or type. What kind of car is it?; He is not the kind of man who would be cruel to children. soort نَوْع вид tipo druh die Art slags; type είδος, τύποςtipo, género, clase laad نوع؛ جور laji sorte, espèce אֵיזֶה מִין... प्रकार, वस्तु vrsta faj(ta), -féle jenis tegund, gerð sorta, specie, tipo 種類 종류 rūšis suga; šķirne; veids jenis soortslags, type, art, sortrodzaj ډول،نوع،رقم tipo марка; сорт druh vrsta vrsta sort[s], slag[s], typ ชนิด çeşit, tür, tip 種類 рід; різновид نسل یا نوع loại 种类
17. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
18. ready or anxious to do good to others; friendly. He's such a kind man; It was very kind of you to look after the children yesterday. gaaf لَطيف мил bondoso laskavý freundlich venlig καλός, ευγενικόςamable kena با محبت ystävällinen gentilאדיב दयालु, आभार prijateljski kedves baik hati góður, vingjarnlegur gentile 親切な 친절한 malonus, mielas laipns baik hati aardigsnill, god, vennliguprzejmy, życzliwy مهربانه،انسان دوسته،لطيف bondoso drăguţ добрый; любезный láskavý prijazen ljubazan vänligt, välvill...
19. Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
20. having or showing a gentle and friendly nature. a kindly smile; a kindly old lady. goedhartig لطيف добродушен gentil vlídný gütig venlig καλοσυνάτος, φιλικόςbondadoso, amable, agradable, simpático leebe مهربان ystävällinen bienveillantידידותי कृपालु, भ्रद्र, सदय, मनोहर, सुखद, सुहावना ljubazan kedves ramah vinalegur gentile, amabile 優しい 친절한 malonus laipns bermaksud baik vriendelijkvennlig, mild, godhjertetżyczliwy لطيف،خوږ،مينه ناك gentil binevoitor добродушный vľúdny prijazen ljubazan vänlig,...
21. The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
22. goedhartigheid لَطافَه добрина bondade vlídnost die Güte venlighed; godhjertethed καλοσύνηamabilidad, simpatía sõbralikkus مهربانی hyvänsuopuus bienveillanceאדיבות कृपालुता, मनोहरता ljubaznost jóság, kedvesség keramahan vinsemd, góðvild gentilezza 優しさ 친절 mielumas, gerumas laipnība kebaikan hati vriendelijkheidvennlighet, godhjertethetżyczliwość مهرباني،لطف،سرښندنه bondade bunăvoinţă доброта láskavosť ljubeznivost ljubaznost vänlighet, välvillighet ความเมตตากรุณา iyilik, iyi kalplilik 親切 добро...
23. Food in a particular category.
    Caribbean, in-compounds
24. the quality of being kind. I'll never forget her kindness; Thank you for all your kindness. goeiigheid لَطافَه любезност bondade laskavost die Freundlichkeit venlighed; godhed καλοσύνηbondad, amabilidad lahkus محبت ystävällisyys gentillesseאדיבות दयालुता, कृपा ljubaznost kedvesség kebaikan hati góðvild, elskulegheit gentilezza 親切 호의 gerumas laipnība kebaikan vriendelijkheid, goedheidvennlighet, elskverdighet, velviljeuprzejmość مينه،شفقت bondade bunătate доброта láskavosť prijaznost ljubaznos...

Equivalents

Examples

“What kind of (a) person are you?”

“This is a strange kind of tobacco.”

“What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.”

“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).”

“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.”

“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.”

“My young love said to me, My mother won’t mind And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind.”

“in kind”

with goods or services instead of with money

“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.”

“I'll pay in kind for his insult.”

“The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor.”

“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.”

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