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