<p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>at or toward the rear of</li><li>not keeping up with, later than; after</li><li>on the farther side of; beyond</li><li>originating, supporting, or promoting</li><li>hidden or unrevealed by</li><li>at the controls of</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>at or toward the rear; rearward</li><li>in a place, state, or stage already passed</li><li>in arrears; behindhand</li><li>slow, as a watch or clock</li><li>as a cause or often latent feature of</li><li>in a situation that exists afterward</li><li>Archaic. in reserve; to come</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>following</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Informal. the buttocks</li></ul>