kind > define

noun

• A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
  • usage: "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there"
  • synonyms: sort, form, variety

adjective

• Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.
  • usage: "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"
• Agreeable, conducive to comfort.
  • usage: "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"
  • synonyms: genial
• Tolerant and forgiving under provocation.
  • usage: "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
  • synonyms: tolerant

• (superl.) Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
• (superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
• (a.) Nature; natural instinct or disposition.
• (superl.) Proceeding from or characterized by, goodness, gentleness or benevolence; as, a kind act.
• (superl.) Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
• (v.t.) To beget.
• (superl.) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
• (a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
• (a.) 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.