(superl.) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
(superl.) Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
(superl.) Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
(superl.) Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
(superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
(a.) Nature; natural instinct or disposition.
(a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
(a.) Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
(v. t.) To beget.
Example Sentences:
(1) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
(2) The origins of aging of higher forms of life, particularly humans, is presented as the consequence of an evolved balance between 4 specific kinds of dysfunction-producing events and 4 kinds of evolved counteracting effects in long-lived forms.
(3) We’re learning to store peak power in all kinds of ways: a California auction for new power supply was won by a company that uses extra solar energy to freeze ice, which then melts during the day to supply power.
(4) Two kinds of silicafiberscopes with outer diameters 0.80 and 0.45 mm were used in the present study.
(5) Among the 295 nonpathogenic strains, 115 were sensitive to all antibiotics whereas the rest were resistant to 1-5 kinds of antibiotics.
(6) The choice is partly technical – what kind of trading arrangement do we want with the EU?
(7) Further, metastatic tumors were capable of being successfully grown in a high percentage of cases, which was comparable to the results obtained for other kinds of tumors.
(8) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
(9) Once the temperature rises above 28C, shoppers' behaviour changes in all kinds of ways, according to Jones.
(10) High score on the hysteria scale of Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire was a risk indicator for all kinds of back pain.
(11) Looks like some kind of dissent, with Ameobi having words with Phil Dowd at the kick off after Liverpool's second goal.
(12) Intoxications arising from therapeutic activities pertaining to this cult are of the same kind as those encountered in the practice of Modern Medicine.
(13) A certain amount of relaparotomies after small bowel surgery is caused by technical failures, such as the technique of suturing the anastomosis and the kind of re-establishing the continuity of the bowel.
(14) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
(15) The authors have analyzed their observations of 113 patients and concluded that it is necessary to differentially use various kinds of osteosynthesis and bone autoplasty.
(16) This factor was named interleukin-8 (IL-8) since it is produced by various kinds of cells in response to inflammatory stimuli including LPS, IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and has pleiotropic effects on T lymphocytes and basophils as well as neutrophils.
(17) Both kinds of experiments show that 1, 25-(OH)2D3 has effects on embryonic bone which are typical for high concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH).
(18) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
(19) The results showed the kind of needling sensation while acupuncture had close relation with the appearance of PSM and the acupuncture effect.
(20) Will African film-makers tell those kind of films differently?
Kinda
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Haley Barbour, the Republican former governor of Mississippi, said Mourdock's remarks were "kinda crazy".
(2) I thought that what he said was kinda crazy," Barbour said.
(3) A future I needed to avoid.” While Raskopoulos came out to her family, friends and bandmates last year, and has appeared on stage as a woman at a handful of small comedy shows over the past few months – “I was kinda surprised by the lack of reaction, one way or the other.
(4) Instead of inching my way along a busy B-road in the drizzle, wearing a hard hat and a hi-vis jacket, I was on a black-and-white pony in the wild west, riding alongside men with names like Cody who talked kinda slow and carried lariats on their saddles.
(5) "My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain and she liked him and I kinda liked him.
(6) "My character got flipped from being a puppeteer kinda guy to someone who wanted to be besties with Ryan.
(7) I'm kinda of that school of thought - movies that I produced were more centrist, stylistically very normal, even though the ideas were more controversial.
(8) You know what, I kinda missed the early games without all of this fouling going on.
(9) Baines kinda showed in the friendlies he can defend against top players and despite his cross and free-kicks could be a liability.
(10) This is kinda a reverse of the Strasburg situation.
(11) A lot has failed, but no matter how woeful it is, it's nearly always at least kinda something.
(12) October 28, 2013 It's kinda like the "crossing the streams" rule in "Ghostbusters", yes.
(13) Despite its disappointing box office turn-out, Warners shipped 320,000 rental copies of The Shawshank Redemption in the US, a figure which they happily admit was 'kinda outta whack' with its poor performance in cinemas.
(14) However, her disjointed 33-minute speech – in which she described President Barack Obama as an “overgrown little boy who is acting kinda spoiled”, and declared “the man can only ride you when your back is bent” – received poor reviews even from some conservatives.
(15) It is kinda far, but luckily the plane does much of the work and they didn't fly coach.
(16) Similarly, if you’re trying to work out why The Merchant of Venice isn’t allowed in Guantánamo Bay, then Melvyn Bragg is kinda your guy – he knows that stuff.” Scottish novelist Welsh’s work has also been banned from Guantánamo.
(17) "Kinda," he says, before adding, with a touch of embarrassment, "That was prior to all this happening."
(18) You can send them via email to Hunter.Felt.Freelance@theguardian.com or tweet them to @HunterFelt if you're in a "140 Characters Or Less" kinda mood.
(19) I mean, what other reason could there be to pick up a phone and ask the Prime Minister if he would play a holding midfield player, and if Owen Hargreaves is worth his place ("Er, look, I kinda think at this stage you get behind them").
(20) Colts 15-29 Patriots, 6:18, 3rd quarter Ridley gets the two point conversion, I kinda love those (or hate extra points, to be more precise) and... And there's a bit of scrimmage on the field.