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(adverb) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" |
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Synonyms: backward |
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Antonyms: ahead |
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(adverb) at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" |
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Synonyms: backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards |
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(adverb) in repayment or retaliation; "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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(adverb) in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" |
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(adverb) in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" |
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(adverb) in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions" |
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Synonyms: in reply |
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(verb) strengthen by providing with a back or backing |
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Related Words: strengthen |
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(satellite adjective) located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" |
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Synonyms: hind, hinder |
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(adjective) related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
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Antonyms: front |
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(verb) shift to a counterclockwise direction, of the wind |
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Related Words: change over, shift, switch, turn around |
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(noun) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
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Related Words: field general, halfback, position, quarterback, signal caller, tailback, wingback |
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(satellite adjective) of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" |
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(verb) travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" |
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Related Words: back out, go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" |
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Antonyms: advance |
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(verb) support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" |
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Related Words: finance |
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(verb) be behind; support or vote for; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
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Synonyms: endorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
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Related Words: approve, champion, defend, guarantee, ok, okay, root, sanction, side, warrant |
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(verb) be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" |
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Related Words: lie |
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Antonyms: front |
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(noun) a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" |
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Synonyms: backrest |
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Related Words: cantle, ladder-back, support |
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(noun) the part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" |
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Related Words: cloth covering |
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(noun) the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" |
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Synonyms: dorsum |
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Related Words: body part |
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(noun) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" |
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Synonyms: rear |
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Related Words: place, position |
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Antonyms: front |
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(noun) (football) a person who plays in the backfield |
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Related Words: field general, football player, footballer, fullback, halfback, quarterback, running back, signal caller, tailback, wingback |
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(verb) establish as valid or genuine; "Can you substantiate your claims?" |
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Synonyms: back up, substantiate |
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Related Words: reenforce, reinforce, vouch |
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(verb) place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?" "I'm betting on the new horse" |
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Synonyms: bet on, gage, game, punt, stake |
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Related Words: ante, bet, double up, parlay, wager |
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(verb) give support or one's blessing to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" |
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Synonyms: endorse, indorse, second |
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Related Words: back up, support |
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(noun) the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" |
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Synonyms: rear |
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Related Words: after part, empennage, poop, quarter, side, stern, tail, tail assembly |
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(noun) the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding" |
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Synonyms: binding, book binding, cover |
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Related Words: half binding, protection, protective covering, three-quarter binding |
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(noun) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" |
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Synonyms: backbone, spinal column, spine, vertebral column |
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Related Words: chine, notochord, skeletal structure |
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