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English to English adjective
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related to or located at the back |
• the back yard
• the back entrance
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Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
| 3 |
located at or near the back of an animal |
• back (or hind) legs
• the hinder part of a carcass
source: wordnet30 Example:
• back issues of the magazine
source: wordnet30 adverb
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in or to or toward a former location |
• she went back to her parents' house
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at or to or toward the back or rear |
• he moved back
• tripped when he stepped backward
• she looked rearward out the window of the car
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in or to or toward an original condition |
• he went back to sleep
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in or to or toward a past time |
• set the clocks back an hour
• never look back
• lovers of the past looking fondly backward
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• he wrote back three days later
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in repayment or retaliation |
• we paid back everything we had borrowed
• he hit me and I hit him back
• I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher
source: wordnet30
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In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. | source: webster1913 noun
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the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine |
• his back was nicely tanned
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| 13 |
the side that goes last or is not normally seen |
• he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
source: wordnet30
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the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer |
• he stood at the back of the stage
• it was hidden in the rear of the store
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(football) a person who plays in the backfield | source: wordnet30
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the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord |
• the fall broke his back
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the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book |
• the book had a leather binding
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the part of a garment that covers the back of your body |
• they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
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a support that you can lean against while sitting |
• the back of the dental chair was adjustable
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(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage | source: wordnet30
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. | source: webster1913
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In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. | source: webster1913 verb Example:
• He plumped for the Labor Party
• I backed Kennedy in 1960
source: wordnet30 Example:
• back into the driveway
• The car backed up and hit the tree
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| 25 |
give support or one's approval to |
• I'll second that motion
• I can't back this plan
• endorse a new project
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| 26 |
cause to travel backward |
• back the car into the parking spot
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| 27 |
support financial backing for |
• back this enterprise
source: wordnet30 Example:
• My garage backs their yard
source: wordnet30 Example:
• Which horse are you backing?
• I'm betting on the new horse
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shift to a counterclockwise direction |
• the wind backed
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| 31 |
establish as valid or genuine |
• Can you back up your claims?
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strengthen by providing with a back or backing | source: wordnet30
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To get upon the back of; to mount. | source: webster1913
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To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back. | source: webster1913
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