1. In or into an inferior position.
2. In or to or toward the rear.
3. Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from.
4. Of timepieces; SYN. slow.
5. In debt; SYN. behindhand, in arrears.
Material used for heat insulation; it may be wrapped around hot-water tanks to reduce heat loss, or around water pipes to prevent freezing in winter.
1. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
2. At or toward an end or late period or stage of development; SYN. later.
3. Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; SYN. recent.
4. Having died recently
5. (Linguistics) Of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
(Homonym: overdo).
Past due; late, in speaking of payments or books.