A doubtful or borderline member of a given category: fashioned a kind of shelter; a kind of bluish color.
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A group of individuals or instances sharing common traits; a category or sort: different kinds of furniture; a new kind of politics.
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Archaic Manner or fashion.
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Archaic The natural order or course of things; nature.
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Archaic Underlying character as a determinant of the class to which a thing belongs; nature or essence.
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adjective
Agreeable; beneficial: a dry climate kind to asthmatics.
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Forbearing; tolerant: Our neighbor was very kind about the window we broke.
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Generous; liberal: kind words of praise.
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Humane; considerate: kind to animals.
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Of a friendly, generous, or warm-hearted nature.
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idiom
All kinds of Informal Plenty of; ample: We have all kinds of time to finish the job.
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In kind In the same manner or with an equivalent: returned the slight in kind.
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In kind With produce or commodities rather than with money: pay in kind.
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Of a kind Of the same kind; alike: My father and my uncle are two of a kind.
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