KIND
—none. 1 race, species, or natural group of animals, plants, etc. (human kind). 2 class, type, sort, variety. 3 natural way, fashion, etc. (true to kind). —adjective. (often foll. By to) friendly, generous, or benevolent. ? in kind 1 in the same form, likewise (was insulted and replied in kind). 2 (of payment) in goods or labour, not money. 3 character, quality (differ in degree but not in kind). Kind of colloq. To some extent (i kind of expected it). A kind of loosely resembling (he`s a kind of doctor). [old english] usage in sense 2 of the noun, these kinds of is usually preferred to these kind of.