meaning of kind
1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to ones nature; natural; native.
2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
6. Nature; natural instinct or disposition.
7. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
8. 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.
9. To beget.
10. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are
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