Definitions
1.nounA type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together."This is a strange kind of tobacco."
2.nounA makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen."The opening served as a kind of window."
3.nounOne's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4.nounFamily, lineage.
5.nounManner.
6.nounGoods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
7.nounEquivalent means used as response to an action."I'll pay in kind for his insult."
8.nounEach of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.