back - 29 definitions |
| - noun |
| 1. | back -- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" |
| synonyms: dorsum |
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| 2. | rear -- the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
| synonyms: rear |
| antonyms: front -- the side that is seen or that goes first |
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| 3. | back -- 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" |
| synonyms: rear |
| antonyms: front -- the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" |
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| 4. | back -- (football) a person who plays in the backfield |
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| 5. | spinal column -- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" |
| synonyms: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis |
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| 6. | binding -- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" |
| synonyms: binding, book binding, cover |
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| 7. | back -- 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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| 8. | back -- a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" |
| synonyms: backrest |
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| 9. | back -- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
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| - verb |
| 10. | back -- be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
| synonyms: endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
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| 11. | back -- travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
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| 12. | second -- give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" |
| synonyms: second, endorse, indorse |
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| 13. | back -- cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" |
| antonyms: advance -- cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" |
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| 14. | back -- support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" |
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| 15. | back -- be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" |
| antonyms: front -- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
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| 16. | bet on -- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" |
| synonyms: bet on, gage, stake, game, punt |
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| 17. | back -- shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" |
| antonyms: veer -- shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" |
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| 18. | back -- establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" |
| synonyms: back up |
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| 19. | back -- strengthen by providing with a back or backing |
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| 20. | back, backs -- to support |
| synonyms: backs, backed, unbacked |
| Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language |
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| - adjective |
| 21. | back -- related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
| antonyms: front -- relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" |
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| 22. | back -- located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" |
| synonyms: hind, hinder |
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| 23. | back -- of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" |
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| - adverb |
| 24. | back -- in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" |
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| 25. | back -- 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" |
| synonyms: backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
| antonyms: forward -- at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) |
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| 26. | back -- in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" |
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| 27. | back -- in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" |
| synonyms: backward |
| antonyms: ahead -- toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you" , ahead -- toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you" |
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| 28. | back -- in reply; "he wrote back three days later" |
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| 29. | back -- 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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