[ UK /kˈa‍ɪnd/ ]
[ US /ˈkaɪnd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    sculpture is a form of art
    what kinds of desserts are there?
ADJECTIVE
  1. agreeable, conducive to comfort
    the genial sunshine
    hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet
    a dry climate kind to asthmatics
  2. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
    kind to sick patients
    thanked her for her kind letter
    a kind master
    kind words showing understanding and sympathy
  3. tolerant and forgiving under provocation
    our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
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How To Use kind In A Sentence

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  • Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
  • If you interview a lot of conservative Democrats, even in states like Texas, you know, New Mexico, they are very concerned that Hillary Clinton on the top of the ticket would really kind of depress voter turnout and ultimately affect a lot of down ballot races. CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2008
  • It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
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  • The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
  • And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
  • Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
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