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English to English adjective
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related to or located at the back |  | Example: the back yard
the back entrance
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Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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located at or near the back of an animal | | Example: back (or hind) legs
the hinder part of a carcass
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of an earlier date | | Example: back issues of the magazine
source: wordnet30 adverb
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in or to or toward a former location | | Example: she went back to her parents' house
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at or to or toward the back or rear | | Example: he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
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in or to or toward an original condition | | Example: he went back to sleep
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in or to or toward a past time | | Example: set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
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in reply | | Example: he wrote back three days later
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in repayment or retaliation | | Example: 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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In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. | | source: webster1913 noun
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the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine | | Example: his back was nicely tanned
source: wordnet30
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the side that goes last or is not normally seen | | Example: he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
source: wordnet30
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the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | | Example: he stood at the back of the stage
it was hidden in the rear of the store
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(football) a person who plays in the backfield | | source: wordnet30
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the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | | Example: the fall broke his back
source: wordnet30
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the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | | Example: the book had a leather binding
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the part of a garment that covers the back of your body | | Example: they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
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a support that you can lean against while sitting | | Example: the back of the dental chair was adjustable
source: wordnet30
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(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be behind; approve of | | Example: He plumped for the Labor Party
I backed Kennedy in 1960
source: wordnet30
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travel backward | | Example: back into the driveway
The car backed up and hit the tree
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give support or one's approval to | | Example: I'll second that motion
I can't back this plan
endorse a new project
source: wordnet30
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cause to travel backward | | Example: back the car into the parking spot
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support financial backing for | | Example: back this enterprise
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be in back of | | Example: My garage backs their yard
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place a bet on | | Example: Which horse are you backing?
I'm betting on the new horse
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shift to a counterclockwise direction | | Example: the wind backed
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establish as valid or genuine | | Example: Can you back up your claims?
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strengthen by providing with a back or backing | | source: wordnet30
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To get upon the back of; to mount. | | source: webster1913
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To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back. | | source: webster1913
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