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back
(b/&/k )

adjective (a)

  • related to or located at the back(adj.all)
    Example:
    The back yard.
    The back entrance.
    source: wordnet30
  • Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine(noun.body)
    Example:
    His back was nicely tanned.
    Synonym:
    dorsum
    source: wordnet30
  • the side that goes last or is not normally seen(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.
    Synonym:
    rear
    Antonym:
    front
    source: wordnet30
  • the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer(noun.location)
    Example:
    He stood at the back of the stage.
    source: wordnet30
  • (football) a person who plays in the backfield(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord(noun.body)
    Example:
    The fall broke his back.
    Synonym:
    backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column
    source: wordnet30
  • the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    binding, book binding, cover
    source: wordnet30
  • the part of a garment that covers the back of your body(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back.
    source: wordnet30
  • a support that you can lean against while sitting(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The back of the dental chair was adjustable.
    Synonym:
    backrest
    source: wordnet30
  • (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • in or to or toward a former location(adv.all)
    Example:
    She went back to her parents' house.
    source: wordnet30
  • at or to or toward the back or rear(adv.all)
    Example:
    He moved back.
    Tripped when he stepped backward.
    Synonym:
    backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
    Antonym:
    forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards
    source: wordnet30
  • in or to or toward an original condition(adv.all)
    Example:
    He went back to sleep.
    source: wordnet30
  • in or to or toward a past time(adv.all)
    Example:
    Set the clocks back an hour.
    Never look back.
    Lovers of the past looking fondly backward.
    Synonym:
    backward
    Antonym:
    ahead, forward
    source: wordnet30
  • in reply(adv.all)
    Example:
    He wrote back three days later.
    source: wordnet30
  • in repayment or retaliation(adv.all)
    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.
    source: wordnet30
  • In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • located at or near the back of an animal(adj.all)
    Example:
    Back (or hind) legs.
    Synonym:
    hind, hinder
    source: wordnet30
  • of an earlier date(adj.all)
    Example:
    Back issues of the magazine.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • be behind; approve of(verb.social)
    Example:
    I backed Kennedy in 1960.
    Synonym:
    endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
    source: wordnet30
  • travel backward(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Back into the driveway.
    The car backed up and hit the tree.
    source: wordnet30
  • give support or one's approval to(verb.social)
    Example:
    I can't back this plan.
    Synonym:
    endorse, indorse, second
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to travel backward(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Back the car into the parking spot.
    Antonym:
    advance, bring forward
    source: wordnet30
  • support financial backing for(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Back this enterprise.
    source: wordnet30
  • be in back of(verb.stative)
    Example:
    My garage backs their yard.
    Antonym:
    face, front, look
    source: wordnet30
  • place a bet on(verb.competition)
    Example:
    Which horse are you backing?.
    Synonym:
    bet on, gage, game, punt, stake
    source: wordnet30
  • shift to a counterclockwise direction(verb.change)
    Example:
    The wind backed.
    Antonym:
    veer
    source: wordnet30
  • establish as valid or genuine(verb.change)
    Example:
    Can you back up your claims?.
    Synonym:
    back up
    source: wordnet30
  • strengthen by providing with a back or backing(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To get upon the back of; to mount.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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