kind

1. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.Examples: "Must yt nedes folowe that theyr fayth was chaunged in kynde, bycause yt was augmented in degrees."; "The generall woorde, is spoken of many, that differ either in kynd, or els in nombre."; "'Tis all one..whether our Afflictions be the same with those of others, in Kind, or not Superiour to them in Degree."archaic

2. (archaic) Family, lineage.Examples: "My young love said to me, My mother won’t mind And my father won’t slight you for your lack of kind."archaic

3. (archaic) Manner.archaic

4. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.

5. (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.Examples: "The kind of any primitive data type is *, corresponding to a nullary constructor."

6. (Caribbean, in compounds) Food in a particular category.Examples: "Fish kind was what she ate then."; "The farmers had plenty of ground provisions, but there was no "meat kind.""; "They can be served with fried fish, chicken, ackee and salt fish or other meat kind, as well as eaten separately as a treat."Caribbeanin-compounds