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54 Definitions of: back

1. noun, the posterior part of the human body, extending from the neck to the pelvis. Related adjective dorsal
2. noun, the corresponding or upper part of an animal
3. noun, the spinal column
4. noun, the part or side of an object opposite the front
5. noun, the part or side of anything less often seen or used
6. noun, the part or side of anything that is furthest from the front or from a spectator
7. noun, the convex part of something
8. noun, something that supports, covers, or strengthens the rear of an object
9. noun, ball games a) a mainly defensive player behind a forward b) the position of such a player
10. noun, the part of a book to which the pages are glued or that joins the covers
11. noun, mining a) the side of a passage or layer nearest the surface b) the earth between that level and the next
12. noun, the upper surface of a joist, rafter, slate, tile, etc, when in position. Compare bed
13. noun, at one's back behind, esp in support or pursuit
14. noun, at the back of one's mind not in one's conscious thoughts
15. noun, behind one's back without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
16. noun, break one's back to overwork or work very hard
17. noun, break the back of to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
18. noun, (flat) on one's back incapacitated, esp through illness
19. noun, get off someone's back to stop criticizing or pestering someone
20. noun, have on one's back to be burdened with
21. noun, on someone's back criticizing or pestering someone
22. noun, put one's back into to devote all one's strength to (a task)
23. noun, put (or get) someone's back up to annoy someone
24. noun, see the back of to be rid of
25. noun, back of beyond a) the. a very remote place b) in such a place (esp in the phrase out back of beyond)
26. noun, turn one's back on a) to turn away from in anger or contempt b) to refuse to help; abandon
27. noun, with one's back to the wall in a difficult or desperate situation
28. verb, to move or cause to move backwards
29. verb, to provide support, money, or encouragement for (a person, enterprise, etc)
30. verb, to bet on the success of
31. verb, to provide with a back, backing, or lining
32. verb, to provide with a music accompaniment
33. verb, to provide a background for; be at the back of
34. verb, to countersign or endorse
35. verb, to mount the back of
36. verb, to have the back facing (towards)
37. verb, (of the wind) to change direction in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise direction in the southern. Compare veer
38. verb, nautical to position (a sail) so that the wind presses on its opposite side
39. verb, back and fill a) nautical to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place b) to vacillate in one's opinion
40. adjective, situated behind
41. adjective, of the past
42. adjective, owing from an earlier date
43. adjective, remote
44. adjective, (of a road) not direct
45. adjective, moving in a backward direction
46. adjective, phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the tongue retracted towards the soft palate, as for the vowels in English hard, fall, hot, full, fool
47. adverb, at, to, or towards the rear; away from something considered to be the front; backwards; behind
48. adverb, in, to, or towards the original starting point, place, or condition
49. adverb, in or into the past
50. adverb, in reply, repayment, or retaliation
51. adverb, in check
52. adverb, in concealment; in reserve
53. adverb, back and forth to and fro
54. adverb, back to front a) in reverse b) in disorder ▷ See also back down ▷ See also, back off ▷ See also, back out ▷ See also, back up
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1. noun, a large tub or vat, esp one used by brewers
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Synonyms:	champion, sustain, spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, rear, reverse, underside, flip side	And more...
Antonyms:	future, front, oppose

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