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back

/ back /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
Type of:
position
Kinds of:
linebacker line backer quarterback signal caller field general
Has parts:
backfield secondary
Domain:
American football American football game
verb Sense 2
travel backward
"back into the driveway"
"The car backed up and hit the tree"
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
back out
See also:
back up back off back down back out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
cause to travel backward
"back the car into the parking spot"
Opposites:
advance bring forward
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
support financial backing for
"back this enterprise"
Type of:
finance
Derived:
angel backer support financial support funding
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
be behind; approve of
"He plumped for the Labor Party"
"I backed Kennedy in 1960"
Type of:
approve O.K. okay
Kinds of:
guarantee warrant side pull root
Derived:
support supporter protagonist champion admirer
Verb group:
second endorse indorse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
be in back of
"My garage backs their yard"
Opposites:
front look face
Type of:
lie
Derived:
rear
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adverb Sense 7
in or to or toward a past time
"set the clocks back an hour"
"never look back"
"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
Opposites:
ahead forward
adverb Sense 8
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"
Opposites:
forward forwards frontward frontwards forrad
adverb Sense 9
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"
adverb Sense 10
in or to or toward a former location
"she went back to her parents'' house"
adverb Sense 11
in or to or toward an original condition
"he went back to sleep"
adverb Sense 12
in answer
"he wrote back three days later"
"had little to say in reply to the questions"
verb Sense 13
shift to a counterclockwise direction
"the wind backed"
Opposites:
veer
Type of:
switch change over shift
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 14
establish as valid or genuine
"Can you back up your claims?"
Type of:
confirm corroborate sustain
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 15
strengthen by providing with a back or backing
Type of:
strengthen
Derived:
binding book binding cover backing mount
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 16
(football) a person who plays in the backfield
Type of:
football player footballer
Kinds of:
flanker back flanker quarterback signal caller field general
Domain:
football football game
noun Sense 17
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"
Opposites:
front
Type of:
position place
noun Sense 18
a support that you can lean against while sitting
"the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
Type of:
support
Kinds of:
cantle ladder-back
Has parts:
chair car seat
noun Sense 19
the part of a garment that covers your back
"they pinned a `kick me'' sign on his back"
Type of:
cloth covering
noun Sense 20
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
"his back was nicely tanned"
Type of:
body part
Has parts:
torso trunk body
noun Sense 21
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
Opposites:
front
Type of:
side
Kinds of:
stern after part quarter poop tail
verb Sense 22
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"
"I''m betting on the new horse"
Type of:
bet wager play
Kinds of:
ante parlay double up
Derived:
bettor better wagerer punter gambling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s PP
verb Sense 23
give support or one''s approval to
"I''ll second that motion"
"I can''t back this plan"
"endorse a new project"
Type of:
support back up
Derived:
subscriber endorser indorser ratifier second
Verb group:
endorse indorse plump for plunk for support
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 24
the front and back covering of a book
"the book had a leather binding"
Type of:
protective covering protective cover protection
Kinds of:
half binding three-quarter binding
Has parts:
book volume
Derived:
cover spread over bind
noun Sense 25
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
"the fall broke his back"
Type of:
skeletal structure
Kinds of:
notochord chine
Has parts:
axial skeleton
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
25
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
129
Times Searched
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