Noun
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(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
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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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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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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
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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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the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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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"
Verb
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strengthen by providing with a back or backing
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establish as valid or genuine
"Can you back up your claims?"
- back up -
shift to a counterclockwise direction
"the wind backed"
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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"
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support financial backing for
"back this enterprise"
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cause to travel backward
"back the car into the parking spot"
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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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travel backward
"back into the driveway"
"The car backed up and hit the tree"
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be behind
approve of
"He plumped for the Labor Party"
"I backed Kennedy in 1960"
- plump for - plunk for
Adjective
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of an earlier date
"back issues of the magazine"
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located at or near the back of an animal
"back (or hind) legs"
"the hinder part of a carcass"
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related to or located at the back
"the back yard"
"the back entrance"
Adverb
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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"
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in reply
"he wrote back three days later"
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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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in or to or toward an original condition
"he went back to sleep"
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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 a former location
"she went back to her parents' house"