English to English adjective
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related to or located at the back | Example:
• the back yard • the back entrance
source: wordnet30
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Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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located at or near the back of an animal | Example:
• 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 | Example:
• she went back to her parents' house
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at or to or toward the back or rear | Example:
• he moved back • tripped when he stepped backward • she looked rearward out the window of the car
source: wordnet30
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in or to or toward an original condition | Example:
• he went back to sleep
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in or to or toward a past time | Example:
• set the clocks back an hour • never look back • lovers of the past looking fondly backward
source: wordnet30 Example:
• he wrote back three days later
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in repayment or retaliation | Example:
• 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
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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 | Example:
• his back was nicely tanned
source: wordnet30
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the side that goes last or is not normally seen | Example:
• 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 | Example:
• he stood at the back of the stage • it was hidden in the rear of the store
source: wordnet30
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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 | Example:
• the fall broke his back
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the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Example:
• the book had a leather binding
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the part of a garment that covers the back of your body | Example:
• they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
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a support that you can lean against while sitting | Example:
• the back of the dental chair was adjustable
source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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give support or one's approval to | Example:
• I'll second that motion • I can't back this plan • endorse a new project
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cause to travel backward | Example:
• back the car into the parking spot
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support financial backing for | Example:
• 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
source: wordnet30
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shift to a counterclockwise direction | Example:
• the wind backed
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31 |
establish as valid or genuine | Example:
• 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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