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Meaning
Adj
●
At or
near
the rear.
●
Returned or
restored
to a
previous
place or condition.
●
Not current.
●
Situated
away
from the main or most
frequented
areas.
●
In
arrears
; overdue.
●
Moving or
operating
backward.
●
In Phonetics & Body parts:
Pronounced with the
highest
part of the body of the
tongue
toward the back of the
mouth
,
near
the
soft palate
(most often
describing
a vowel).
Adv
●
To or in a
previous
condition
or place.
●
In a
direction
opposite
to that in which someone
or something
is
facing
or
normally
pointing.
●
In a
direction
opposite
to the
usual
or
desired
direction
of
movement
or
progress
,
physically
or figuratively.
●
So
as to
reverse
direction
and return.
●
Towards, into or in the past.
●
Away from someone
or something
; at a distance.
●
Away from the front or from an edge.
●
So
as to
shrink
,
recede
or
move
aside
, or cause to do so.
●
In a
manner
that impedes.
●
In a
reciprocal
manner
; in return.
●
Earlier, ago.
●
To a
later
point in time
. See also
put
back.
Postp
●
Before now; ago.
Noun
●
The
rear
of the body, especially the part between the
neck
and the
end of
the
spine
and
opposite
the
chest
and belly.
The
spine
and associated tissues.
Large and
attractive
buttocks.
The part of a
piece of clothing
which
covers
the back.
The
backrest
, the part of a
piece of furniture
which
receives
the human back.
That part of the body that
bears
clothing
. (Now used only in the
phrase
clothes
on
one's
back.)
●
That which is
farthest away
from the front.
The
side
of any
object
which is
opposite
the front or
useful
side
.
The
edge
of a
book
which is bound.
The
side
of any
object
which is
opposite
the front or
useful
side
.;The
side
of a
blade
opposite
the
side
used for cutting.
The
reverse
side
; the
side
that is not
normally
seen.
Area behind, such as the
backyard
of a house.
The part of something that
goes
last.
●
In Printing:
That which is
farthest away
from the front.
The
side
of any
object
which is
opposite
the front or
useful
side
.
The inside
margin
of a page.
●
In Sports:
That which is
farthest away
from the front.
In some
team sports
, a
position
behind most
players
on the team.
●
Upper part of a natural
object
which is considered to
resemble
an animal's back.
●
A support or
resource
in reserve.
●
In Nautical:
The
keel
and
keelson
of a ship.
●
In Mining:
The
roof
of a
horizontal
underground
passage.
●
Effort, usually physical.
●
In Alcoholic beverages:
A
non-alcoholic
drink
(often water or a
soft drink
), to
go with
hard liquor
or a cocktail.
●
Among
leather
dealers
, one of the
thickest
and
stoutest
tanned
hides.
●
In Swimming:
Clipping of backstroke.
●
A large
shallow
vat
; a
cistern
,
tub
, or
trough
, used by
brewers
,
distillers
,
dyers
,
picklers
,
gluemakers
, and others, for
mixing
or
cooling
wort
,
holding water
,
hot glue
, etc.
●
A ferryboat.
Verb
●
To
go in
the
reverse
direction.
●
To support.
●
In Nautical:
To change
direction
contrary to
the
normal
pattern
; that is, to
shift
anticlockwise
in the
northern hemisphere
, or
clockwise
in the
southern
hemisphere
.
●
In Nautical:
To
brace
the
yards
so that the
wind
presses on
the front of the
sail
, to
slow
the ship.
●
In Nautical:
To
lay out
a second,
smaller
anchor
to provide
additional
holding
power.
●
In British English:
To
stand still
behind another
dog
which has pointed.
●
To
push
or
force
backwards.
●
To get upon the back of; to mount.
●
To place or
seat
upon the back.
●
To make a back for; to
furnish
with a back.
●
To
adjoin
behind; to
be at
the back of.
●
To
write
upon the back of,
possibly
as an endorsement.
●
In Law:
To
sign
or
endorse
(a
warrant
,
issued
in another
county
, to
apprehend
an offender).
●
To
row
backward
with (oars).
●
In Multicultural London English:
To
draw
from behind the back [+accusative = a
knife
etc.] (as also back out).
●
In Nigerian English:
To
carry
an
infant
on
one's
back.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
settlement
on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles
council area
, Scotland (OS
grid
ref
NB4840).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
back
English
bak
Middle English (1100-1500)
bæc
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Rear
Former
Previous
Spine
Reverse
Dorsum
Verso
Approve
Hinder
Abet
At Bay
Antonyms
Front
Current
Main
Veer
Forward
Acquiesce
Related
Down
Return
Head
Home
Away
Pull
Up
Close
Bottom
Shoulder
Side
Chest
Leg
Push
Legs
Turn
Support
Top
Foot
Lift
Drop
Take
Break
Hand
Knee
Roll
End
Straight
Spine
Start
Arm
Wrist
Returning
Open
Move
Throw
Drive
Sign
Torso
Heel
Hold
Elbow
Nose
Finish
Keep
Draw
Mouth
Trunk
Beat
Tie
Cut
Shoulders
Belly
Flip
Past
Drag
Join
Sit
Call
Switch
Knees
Underside
Rear End
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Rhymes
Sac
Yak
Mac
Sack
Rack
Jack
Cack
Zack
Fack
Flak
Iraq
Tack
Lack
Tach
Hack
Pack
Frak
Yack
Back
Jack
Stack
Knack
Whack
Black
Quack
Slack
Flack
Track
Vlach
Aback
Brach
Crack
Thack
Smack
Snack
Wrack
Shack
Alack
Unpack
Thwack
Chiraq
Attack
Awrack
Plaque
Jacques
Bivouac
Slanshack
Insomniac
Diclofenac
Hark Back
Radio Shack
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