Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kind \Kind\, v. t. [See {Kin}.]
   To beget. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Kind \Kind\, a. [Compar. {Kinder}; superl. {Kindest}.] [AS.
   cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the
   root of E. kin. See {Kin} kindred.]
   1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;
      natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth
            the kind taste.                       --Holland.

   2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;
      sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.

            Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he
            bore to learning was his fault.       --Goldsmith.

   3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and
      confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;
      benevolent; benignant; gracious.

            He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke
                                                  vi 35.

            O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to
            the wretched mortals left behind.     --Waller.

            A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --Garrick.

   4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,
      gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. ``Manners so
      kind, yet stately.'' --Tennyson.

   5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in
      harness.

   Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;
        propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;
        humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;
        gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See
        {Obliging}.

Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.]
   1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]

            He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer.

            Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by
            kind t'admire your fellow-creature.   --Dryden.

   2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or
      humankind. ``Come of so low a kind.'' --Chaucer.

            Every kind of beasts, and of birds.   --James iii.7.

            She follows the law of her kind.      --Wordsworth.

            Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the
            kinds be fed.                         --Emerson.

   3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety;
      description; class; as, there are several kinds of
      eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of
      government; various kinds of soil, etc.

            How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows
            his power in variable kinds !         --Spenser.

            There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
            beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I
                                                  Cor. xv. 39.

            Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the
            matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not
            rich men philosophers ?               --Bacon.

   {A kind of}, something belonging to the class of; something
      like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.

   {In kind}, in the produce or designated commodity itself, as
      distinguished from its value in money.

            Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   Syn: Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character;
        breed; set.

Source : WordNet®

kind
     adj 1: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful
            nature; used especially of persons and their behavior;
            "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words
            showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for
            her kind letter" [ant: {unkind}]
     2: liberal; "kind words of praise"
     3: conducive to comfort; beneficial; "the genial sunshine"; "a
        kind climate"; "hot summer pavements are anything but kind
        to the feet" [syn: {genial}]
     4: expressing sympathy
     5: characterized by mercy, and compassion; "compassionate
        toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane
        judge" [syn: {merciful}]
     6: agreeable; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"
     7: helpful to other people; "helping an old lady with her
        bundles was his kind deed for the day"
     8: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was
        very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: {tolerant}]
     9: showing consideration and anticipation of needs; "it was
        thoughtful of you to bring flowers"; "a neighbor showed
        thoughtful attention" [syn: {thoughtful}]
     10: generously responsive; "good-hearted but inept efforts to
         help"; "take a kindly interest"; "a kindly gentleman";
         "an openhearted gift to charity" [syn: {good-hearted}, {kindly},
          {openhearted}]

kind
     n : a category of things distinguished by some common
         characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art";
         "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: {sort}, {form},
          {variety}]