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Definition

(noun.) (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage.

(noun.) a support that you can lean against while sitting; 'the back of the dental chair was adjustable'.

(noun.) the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; 'they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back'.

(noun.) the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; 'his back was nicely tanned'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) (football) a person who plays in the backfield.

(verb.) strengthen by providing with a back or backing.

(verb.) establish as valid or genuine; 'Can you back up your claims?'.

(verb.) shift to a counterclockwise direction; 'the wind backed'.

(verb.) travel backward; 'back into the driveway'; 'The car backed up and hit the tree'.

(verb.) cause to travel backward; 'back the car into the parking spot'.

(verb.) support financial backing for; 'back this enterprise'.

(verb.) be behind; approve of; 'He plumped for the Labor Party'; 'I backed Kennedy in 1960'.

(verb.) be in back of; 'My garage backs their yard'.

(adj.) located at or near the back of an animal; 'back (or hind) legs'; 'the hinder part of a carcass' .

(adj.) related to or located at the back; 'the back yard'; 'the back entrance' .

(adj.) of an earlier date; 'back issues of the magazine' .

(adv.) in or to or toward a past time; 'set the clocks back an hour'; 'never look back'; 'lovers of the past looking fondly backward'.

(adv.) 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'.

(adv.) 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'.

(adv.) in or to or toward a former location; 'she went back to her parents' house'.

(adv.) in or to or toward an original condition; 'he went back to sleep'.

(adv.) in reply; 'he wrote back three days later'.

Editor: Seth--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.

(n.) 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.

(n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

(n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

(n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

(n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

(n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

(n.) A support or resource in reserve.

(n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

(n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

(n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing.

(a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

(a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

(a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action.

(v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.

(v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.

(v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

(v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

(v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

(v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

(v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.

(v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.

(v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.

(v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.

(v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.

(adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

(adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

(adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

(adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.

(adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.

(adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.

(adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

(adv.) In return, repayment, or requital.

(adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.

(adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

Editor: Terence

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Upper part, outer part.[2]. Hinder part.

a. [1]. Remote.[2]. Hindmost, in the rear.[3]. In a backward direction.

ad. [1]. To the place of starting.[2]. Backward, rearward, abaft, in the rear, towards what is behind.[3]. In return, in recompense.

v. a. [1]. Assist, aid, second, support, countenance, favor, sustain, abet, side with, stand by, take part with, give support to, co-operate with, back up.[2]. Move backward.

Editor: Ned

Definition

n. a brewer's or dyer's tub or trough.

n. the hinder part of the body in man and the upper part in beasts extending from the neck and shoulders to the extremity of the backbone: put for the whole body in speaking of clothes: the hinder part or the part opposite to the front side: the convex part of a book opposite to the opening of the leaves: the thick edge of a knife or the like: the upright hind part of a chair: the surface of the sea or of a river: the keel and keelson of a ship: (football) one of the players stationed behind the 'forwards ' the full back's duty being merely to guard the goal: (mining) that side of an inclined mineral lode which is nearest the surface of the ground—the back of a level is the ground between it and the level above.—adv. to the place from which one came: to a former state or condition: behind: behind in time: in return: again.—v.t. to get upon the back of: to help as if standing at one's back: to force back: to support one's opinion by a wager or bet—'to back a horse ' to bet money on his winning in a race 'to back the field ' to bet upon all the horses in a field against one in particular: to countersign a warrant or indorse a cheque or bill; to write or print at the back of as a parliamentary bill or the like: to put or propel backward or in the opposite direction by reversing the action as of an engine or a boat—hence the phrases To back the oars To back water.—v.i. to move or go back.—n. Back′-band a broad strap or chain passing over the cart saddle and serving to keep up the shafts of a vehicle.—v.t. Back′bite to speak evil of any one behind his back or in his absence.—ns. Back′biter; Back′biting; Back′-board a board placed at the back of a cart boat &c.: a board fastened across the back to straighten the figure; Back′bond (Scots law) a deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument—used when particular circumstances render it necessary to express in a separate form the limitations or qualifications of a right; Back′bone the bone of the back the vertebral column: the main support of anything: mainstay: firmness reliableness; Back′-door a door in the back part of a building: (attrib.) unworthily secret: clandestine.—adj. Backed as in humpbacked.—ns. Back′-end the later part of a season: the late autumn; Back′er one who backs or supports another in a contest: one who bets on a horse or the like; Back′-fall a fall on the back in wrestling—also figuratively: a lever in the coupler of an organ; Back′friend (obs.) a pretended friend: a backer a friend who stands at one's back; Back′ground ground at the back: a place of obscurity: the space behind the principal figures of a picture; Back′-hair the long hair at the back of a woman's head; Back′-hand the hand turned backwards in making a stroke: handwriting with the letters sloped backwards.—adj. Back′-hand′ed with the hand turned backward (as of a blow): indirect.—ns. Back′-hand′er a blow with the back of the hand: an extra glass of wine out of turn the bottle being passed back; Back′ing support at the back: mounting of a horse: the action of putting back: a body of helpers: anything used to form a back or line the back; Back′ing-down shirking; Back′-lash the jarring reaction of a wheel in a machine when the motion is not uniform; Back′-log a log at the back of a fire.—adj. Back′most farthest to the back.—ns. Back′-piece Back′-plate a piece or plate of armour for the back; Back′-set a setting back reverse: an eddy or counter-current; Back′side the back or hinder side or part of anything: the hinder part of an animal; Back′-sight in surveying a sight taken backwards: the sight of a rifle nearer the stock; Back′-slang slang in which every word is pronounced backwards.—v.t. Backslide′ to slide or fall back in faith or morals:—pa.p. backslid′ or backslid′den.—ns. Backslid′er; Backslid′ing.—n.pl. Back′stairs back or private stairs of a house.—adj. secret or underhand.—n.pl. Back′stays ropes or stays extending from the topmast-heads to the sides of a ship and slanting a little backward to second the shrouds in supporting the mast when strained by a weight of sail in a fresh wind: any stay or support at the back.—ns. Back′stitch a method of sewing in which for every new stitch the needle enters behind and comes out in front of the end of the previous one; Back′sword a sword with a back or with only one edge: a stick with a basket-handle; Backsword′man (Shak.); Back′-wash a backward current.—v.t. to affect with back-wash: to clean the oil from wool after combing.—n. Back′water water held back in a mill-stream or river by the obstruction of a dam below—a pool or belt of water connected with a river but not in the line of its course or current: water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel: a backward current of water: the swell of the sea formed by the paddles of a steamship.—n.pl. Back′woods the forest or uncultivated part of a country beyond the cleared country as in North American Backwoods′man.—Back! go back turn back (imperatively).—At the back of (in U.S. often Back of) in support or pursuit; On Upon the back of weighing down as a burden.—To and back (Shak.) forward and backward.—To back down to abandon one's opinion or position; To back out to recede from an engagement or promise; To back up to give support to; To be on one's back to have come to the end of one's resources; To break the back of to overburden to complete the hardest part of a task; To cast behind the back (B.) to forgive; To set or put up the back to arouse to resentment; To the backbone thoroughly.

Editor: Matt

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing a nude back, denotes loss of power. Lending advice or money is dangerous. Sickness often attends this dream. To see a person turn and walk away from you, you may be sure envy and jealousy are working to your hurt. To dream of your own back, bodes no good to the dreamer.

Checked by Aubrey

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.

Typed by Hester

Examples

Editor: Matt

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