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Definition of Kind

Kind

  1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's 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.

Kind Quotations

Dalai Lama Quote
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai Lama

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.
Anne Roiphe

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
Heidi Klum
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Kind Translations

kind in Afrikaans is vriendelik, soort
kind in Danish is art, godhjertet, venlig
kind in Dutch is vriendelijk, voorkomend
kind in German is Sorte {f}, art, Art {f}
kind in Italian is fare, benevolo, cortese, valevole, gentile, sorta
kind in Latin is comis, lenis, genus, pius
kind in Norwegian is vennlig, snill
kind in Spanish is bondadoso, laya, vigente, suerte

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