Definition of Kind

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Definition of Kind

Kind

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.

Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.

Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.

Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

Nature; natural instinct or disposition.

Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.

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.

To beget.

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Kind Quotations

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa

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

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Buddha

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson

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

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.
Albert Einstein

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
Barack Obama

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Mark Twain

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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