Definition of Back

Noun

  • (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
  • a support that you can lean against while sitting
    "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
  • the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
    "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
  • the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
    "the book had a leather binding"
    - book binding
  • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
    "the fall broke his back"
    - spinal column - vertebral column
  • (football) a person who plays in the backfield
  • 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"
  • the side that goes last or is not normally seen
    "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  • the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
    "his back was nicely tanned"

Verb

  • strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  • establish as valid or genuine
    "Can you back up your claims?"
    - back up
  • shift to a counterclockwise direction
    "the wind backed"
  • place a bet on
    "Which horse are you backing?"
    "I'm betting on the new horse"
    - bet on
  • be in back of
    "My garage backs their yard"
  • support financial backing for
    "back this enterprise"
  • cause to travel backward
    "back the car into the parking spot"
  • give support or one's approval to
    "I'll second that motion"
    "I can't back this plan"
    "endorse a new project"
  • travel backward
    "back into the driveway"
    "The car backed up and hit the tree"
  • be behind
    approve of
    "He plumped for the Labor Party"
    "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
    - plump for - plunk for

Adjective

  • of an earlier date
    "back issues of the magazine"
  • located at or near the back of an animal
    "back (or hind) legs"
    "the hinder part of a carcass"
  • related to or located at the back
    "the back yard"
    "the back entrance"

Adverb

  • 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"
  • in reply
    "he wrote back three days later"
  • in or to or toward a past time
    "set the clocks back an hour"
    "never look back"
    "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  • in or to or toward an original condition
    "he went back to sleep"
  • 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"
  • in or to or toward a former location
    "she went back to her parents' house"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble back

7 unscramble word found using the letters back.

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