- nounback (noun) · backs (plural noun)
- the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips:"he lay on his back" · "Forbes slapped me on the back" · "back pain"
- the upper surface of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's back:"the adults have white bodies with gray backs"
- the spine of a person or animal.
- the part of a chair against which the sitter's back rests.
- the part of a garment that covers a person's back:"a top with a scooped neckline and a low back"
- a person's back regarded as carrying a load or bearing an imposition:"who wouldn't like the chance to get the boss off their backs?"
- the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear:"at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden" · "an empty spot in the back of the plane"
- the position directly behind someone or something:"she unbuttoned her dress from the back"
- the side or part of an object opposed to the one that is normally seen or used; the less active, visible, or important part of something:"write on the back of a postcard" · "he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand"
- a player in a field game whose initial position is behind the front line:"their backs showed some impressive running and passing"
adverbback (adverb)- toward the rear; in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or traveling:"she moved back a pace" · "she walked away without looking back"
- expressing movement of the body into a reclining position:"he leaned back in his chair" · "sit back and relax"
- at a distance away:"I thought you were miles back" · "the officer pushed the crowd back"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHinformal(back of)behind:"he knew that other people were back of him"
- expressing a return to an earlier or normal condition:"she put the book back on the shelf" · "drive to Montreal and back" · "I went back to sleep" · "he was given his job back"
- at a place previously left or mentioned:"the folks back home are counting on him"
- fashionable again:"sideburns are back"
- in or into the past:"he made his fortune back in 1955"
- in return:"they wrote back to me"
verbback (verb) · backs (third person present) · backed (past tense) · backed (past participle) · backing (present participle)- give financial, material, or moral support to:"he had a newspaper empire backing him"
- supplement in order to reinforce or strengthen:"the government troops were backed by paramilitary forces"
- be in favor of:"over 97 percent backed the changes"
- (in popular music) provide musical accompaniment to (a singer or musician):"brisk guitar work backed by drums, bass, fiddle, and accordion"
- bet money on (a person or animal) winning a race or contest:"he backed the horse at 33–1"
- walk or drive backward:"I put the car in reverse and backed down the road"
- cause to move backward:"he backed the Mercedes into the yard"
- (of the wind) change direction counterclockwise around the points of the compass. The opposite of veer."the wind had backed to the northwest"
- sailingput (a sail) aback in order to slow the vessel down.
- cover the back of (an object) in order to support, protect, or decorate it:"a mirror backed with tortoiseshell"
- lie behind or at the back of:"the promenade is backed by lots of cafes"
- put a song or piece of music on the less important side of (a recording):"the new single is backed with a track from the LP"
adjectiveback (adjective)- of or at the back of something:"the back garden" · "the back pocket of his jeans"
- situated in a remote or subsidiary position:"back roads"
- (especially of wages or something published or released) from or relating to the past:"she was owed back pay"
- directed toward the rear or in a reversed course:"back currents"
- phonetics(of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth:"a long back vowel, as in 'dance' or 'bath'"
OriginOld English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear:
- a player in a field game whose initial position is behind the front line:
verb- give financial, material, or moral support to:
- walk or drive backward:
- cover the back of (an object) in order to support, protect, or decorate it:
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English Language Learners Definition of back. (Entry 1 of 4) : the rear part of the body : the part of the body that is opposite to the stomach and chest and that goes from the neck to the top of the legs. : the part of an animal that is like a person's back.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backthe part of your body that is opposite to the front, from your shoulders to your bottom: on your back He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling. turn your back I turned my back while she dressed. I have a bad back.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/back Explore further
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