kind

Definitions

1. noun

   A type or group of things that are alike.

   Examples

   • What kind of person are you?
   • What kind of ice cream would you like?
2. noun

   A rough or unusual example of something.

   Examples

   • The opening served as a kind of window.
   • I made a kind of tent out of my blankets.
3. noun

   A person's natural character, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • Their faith changed in kind as well as in degree.
   • The word is used of things that differ in kind.
4. noun

   A family line, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • She married into a family of good kind and old name.
   • He was ashamed of his lack of kind.
5. noun

   A way of acting, in old-fashioned use.

   Examples

   • He spoke in a kind that put everyone at ease.
   • She spoke to the crowd in a calm, warm kind.
6. noun

   Goods or services given instead of money.

   Examples

   • I have no money, but I can pay in kind by washing the dishes.
   • They were paid in kind with food.
7. noun

   A response of the same kind as what was done.

   Examples

   • I will pay him back in kind for his insult.
   • She answered his rude joke in kind.
8. noun

   In some churches, the bread and the wine at communion.

   Examples

   • The congregation received both kinds during the service.
   • Communion was offered in both kinds that Sunday.
9. noun

   In computer science, the type of a type.

   Examples

   • The kind of any basic data type is a star.
   • Type constructors have a kind just as values have a type.
10. noun

    A category of food, in some dialects.

    Examples

    • Fish kind was what she ate then.
    • The farmers had plenty of crops but no meat kind.