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Sounds | bae'k |
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Rhymes | aback, almanac, amnesiac, and 120 more rhymes in aek at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Related to or located at the back. |
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Examples | "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
Similar | backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost; rear, rearward |
See also | posterior; aft |
Contrary | front |
Meaning | Located at or near the back of an animal. |
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Examples | "back (or hind) legs" |
Synonyms | hind, hinder |
Similar to | posterior |
Meaning | Of an earlier date. |
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Examples | "back issues of the magazine" |
Similar to | noncurrent |
Meaning | The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine. |
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Examples | "his back was nicely tanned" |
Synonyms | dorsum |
Part of | torso, trunk, body |
Parts | saddle; small; latisimus dorsi, lat; thoracic vertebra, dorsal vertebra; lumbar vertebra |
Broader | body part |
Meaning | The side that goes last or is not normally seen. |
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Examples | "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
Synonyms | rear |
Narrower | stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail; tail, tail assembly, empennage |
Broader | side |
Contrary | front |
Verbs | back |
Meaning | The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. |
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Examples | "he stood at the back of the stage" |
Synonyms | rear |
Broader | position, place |
Contrary | front |
Meaning | (football) a person who plays in the backfield. |
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Category | football, football game |
Narrower | flanker back, flanker; quarterback, signal caller, field general; running back; tailback; wingback |
Broader | football player, footballer |
Meaning | The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. |
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Examples | "the fall broke his back" |
Synonyms | spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis |
Part of | axial skeleton |
Parts | spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis; coccyx, tail bone; vertebra; intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk |
Narrower | notochord; chine |
Broader | skeletal structure |
Meaning | The front and back covering of a book. |
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Synonyms | binding, book binding, cover |
Part of | book, volume |
Narrower | half binding; three-quarter binding |
Broader | protective covering, protective cover, protection |
Verbs | back |
Meaning | The part of a garment that covers your back. |
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Examples | "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" |
Broader | cloth covering |
Meaning | A support that you can lean against while sitting. |
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Examples | "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" |
Synonyms | backrest |
Part of | car seat; chair |
Narrower | cantle; ladder-back |
Broader | support |
Meaning | The position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage. |
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Category | American football, American football game |
Member of | backfield; secondary |
Narrower | linebacker, line backer; quarterback, signal caller, field general; fullback; halfback; tailback; wingback |
Broader | position |
Meaning | In or to or toward a former location. |
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Examples | "she went back to her parents' house" |
Meaning | At or to or toward the back or rear. |
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Examples | "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward" |
Synonyms | backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
Contrary | forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard |
Meaning | In or to or toward an original condition. |
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Examples | "he went back to sleep" |
Meaning | In or to or toward a past time. |
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Examples | "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" |
Synonyms | backward |
Contrary | ahead, forward |
Meaning | In answer. |
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Examples | "he wrote back three days later" |
Synonyms | in reply |
Meaning | In repayment or retaliation. |
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Examples | "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" |
Meaning | Be behind. Approve of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
Synonyms | endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
Narrower | guarantee, warrant; side, pull, root; champion, defend |
Broader | approve, O.K., okay, sanction |
Similar to | second, back, endorse, indorse |
Nouns | backing |
Meaning | Travel backward. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
Caused by | back |
Narrower | back out |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | back |
See also | back out; back up, back off, back down |
Meaning | Give support or one's approval to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "I can't back this plan" |
Synonyms | second, endorse, indorse |
Broader | support, back up |
Similar to | back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
Nouns | backing |
Meaning | Cause to travel backward. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "back the car into the parking spot" |
Cause to | back |
Contrary | advance, bring forward |
Similar to | back |
Meaning | Support financial backing for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | Sam and Sue back the movie |
Examples | "back this enterprise" |
Broader | finance |
Nouns | backing; backing; backer |
Meaning | Be in back of. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "My garage backs their yard" |
Broader | lie |
Contrary | front, look, face |
Nouns | back |
Meaning | Place a bet on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s on something |
Examples | "Which horse are you backing?" |
Synonyms | bet on, gage, stake, game, punt |
Narrower | ante; parlay, double up |
Broader | bet, wager, play |
Meaning | Shift to a counterclockwise direction. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "the wind backed" |
Broader | switch, change over, shift |
Contrary | veer |
Meaning | Establish as valid or genuine. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Can you back up your claims?" |
Synonyms | back up |
Broader | confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm |
Meaning | Strengthen by providing with a back or backing. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | strengthen |
Nouns | back; backing |