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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

   “This is a strange kind of tobacco.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

   “The opening served as a kind of window.”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   Family, lineage.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   Manner.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   Equivalent means used as response to an action.

   “I'll pay in kind for his insult.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.

How this word is used

• Everyday “This is a strange kind of tobacco.”
• General “The opening served as a kind of window.”
• General “I'll pay in kind for his insult.”

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