Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).
Meanings
(not-comparable, usually) At or near the rear.
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Go in the back door of the house.
(not-comparable, predicative, usually) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
He was on vacation, but now he’s back.
The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
(not-comparable, usually) Not current.
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
(not-comparable, usually) Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
He lives out in the back country.
They took a back road.
It's OK that the highway is jammed, because I know a back way. It's another good way to get there.
(not-comparable, usually) In arrears; overdue.
Several of the former Hotel York workers have filed with the California Labor Division to collect what they feel is owed them in the way of back overtime. 1980 December 20, David Lamble, “Workers, Owners Battle It Out At SF Gay Hotel”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 22, page 9:
They still owe three months’ back rent.
(not-comparable, usually) Moving or operating backward.
back action
(comparable, not-comparable, usually) 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).
The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.
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Antonyms
front (antonym(s) of “near the rear, phonetics”) · main (antonym(s) of “away from the main area”) · current (antonym(s) of “not current”)
ga cúl- (away from the main area) · he אחורי (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · pl tylny (near the rear) · ps شا (near the rear) · it posteriore (near the rear) · sh zȁdnjī (near the rear) · fr de derrière (near the rear) · cst núm̄es (near the rear) · ky тескери (away from the main area) · fr postérieur (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · mk заден (near the rear) · sk odľahlý (away from the main area) · bg страни́чен (away from the main area) · ky бел (away from the main area) · es atrasado (not current) · es trasero (near the rear) · ky уча (away from the main area) · la postīcus (near the rear) · pt posterior (near the rear) · te మునుపటి (not current) · ne पश्व (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · de alt (not current) · ky кыр арка (away from the main area) · ru за́дний (near the rear) · eo subevoluinta (not current) · pt posterior (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · zza bahdo (diq) (not current) · pt afastado (away from the main area) · mk заден (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · pt antigo (not current) · sk zadný (near the rear) · ky артка (away from the main area) · gu પાછળ (near the rear) · ko 뒤의 (near the rear) · sv bak (near the rear) · bcl likod (near the rear) · ru ты́льный (near the rear) · es viejo (not current) · pt traseiro (near the rear) · ee megbe (near the rear) · de veraltet (not current) · zh 以前的 (not current) · es de atrás (near the rear) · ee megbe (away from the main area) · zh 後面的 /后面的 (near the rear) · grc ὀπίσθιος (near the rear) · ky кайрадан (away from the main area) · es distante (away from the main area) · be ты́льны (near the rear) · fi taka- (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · tr arka (near the rear) · ky арка (away from the main area) · zza pey (diq) (near the rear) · fi takainen (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · fr écarté (away from the main area) · zh 後 /后 (near the rear) · th หลัง (near the rear) · es arrinconado (away from the main area) · ar خَلْفِيّ (near the rear) · ro anterior (not current) · az tərs (near the rear) · de Rück- (near the rear) · ky арткы (away from the main area) · de früher (not current) · it di dietro (near the rear) · ms belakang (near the rear) · zh 偏僻的 (away from the main area) · sq pa ra (not current) · te దూరము (away from the main area) · it arretrato (not current) · ast traseru (near the rear) · ga iar- (not current) · nl oud (not current) · ru ста́рый (not current) · ps وروسته (away from the main area) · sk starý (not current) · ky коруучу (away from the main area) · ga cúl- (near the rear) · az dal (near the rear) · it secondario (away from the main area) · ps پخوانی (not current) · de Hinterzungen- (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · te వెనుకకు (near the rear) · as পোকৰ (near the rear) · de hinterer (near the rear) · fa پشت (near the rear) · es posterior (near the rear) · cs zadní (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · it posteriore (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · de abgelegen (away from the main area) · ps شاته (away from the main area) · mk спореден (away from the main area) · ro din spate (near the rear) · cs zadní (near the rear) · de hinterer (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · cs odlehlý (away from the main area) · zlw-ocs chřbet (near the rear) · nl achteraf (away from the main area) · mi takamuri (near the rear) · hu hátsó (near the rear) · es apartado (away from the main area) · nl achter (near the rear) · cs zadopatrový (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · fi syrjäinen (away from the main area) · pt dos fundos (near the rear) · ba артҡы (near the rear) · be за́дні (near the rear) · bg за́ден (near the rear) · ja 後舌 (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · hi पश्व (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) · ast d’atrás (near the rear) · sk vedľajší (away from the main area) · sh за̏дњӣ (near the rear) · ru хвостово́й (near the rear) · es anterior (not current) · fi taka- (near the rear) · ps څټ (near the rear) · uk за́дній (near the rear) · ga sean- (not current) · pt de trás (near the rear) · gd cùil (near the rear) · ja 裏の (near the rear) · hu hátulsó (near the rear) · eo malprogresa (not current) · bg стар (not current) · af agter (near the rear) · hy ետևի (near the rear) · ja 後の (near the rear) · fi syrjä- (away from the main area) · ky коргоочу (away from the main area) · pl zadni (near the rear) · mk стар (not current) · eo neprogresinta (not current) · ky кайта (away from the main area) · cs starý (not current) · ky кетенчиктеп (away from the main area) · sl zádnji (near the rear) · af agteraf (away from the main area) · uk ти́льний (near the rear) · ky жон (away from the main area) · ka უკანა (near the rear) · nrf arriéthe (near the rear) · eo malantaŭa (near the rear) · fr postérieur (near the rear) · az arxa (near the rear) · ky кайра (away from the main area) · fi vanha (not current) · ja 裏 (away from the main area)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away. 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
He gave back the money.
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Her arm was bent back at an odd angle.
Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
This mishap has set the project back considerably.
Wind the film back a few frames.
Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
Towards, into or in the past.
Everything was simpler back in the old days.
He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.
These records go back years.
Think back to how you felt last year.
Away from someone or something; at a distance.
Keep back! It could explode at any moment!
Away from the front or from an edge (of something or someone).
Step back from the curb.
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Sit all the way back in your chair.
Back of the man, straightening himself while the withdrawing water swirled about his ankles, mounted the next incoming wave. 1923, J. Allan Dunn, “Wild Justice”, in Adventure, volume 39, page 75:
So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
This tree is dying back.
Draw back the curtains and let in some light.
Clear back all this vegetation.
In a manner that impedes.
Fear held him back.
(not-comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
I was at Park Safari Africa in Canada on the Canadian border. This was years ago outside of Plattsburgh, New York. And I had a new car at the time, and I was driving through, going through the monkey area. And they said 'beware of the monkeys.' So about ten of them circled my car. And this one special one, like he was the leader of the pack, jumped up on the hood and came right up to the windshield and looked in. So I was like making faces at him. [garbled] 'don't do that!' And believe it or not, he made like a face back. He jumped off the car. He took his fingernails and he peeled all the chrome on both sides of my car off. Picked it up, jumped on the hood, dropped it and left- looked at me and left. 2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Pat, 34:52 from the start, in Penn Radio:
"How is it, comrades?" the admiral shouted through a bullhorn at each ship. "Rah, rah, rah!" the sailors shouted back in unison. 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604:
If you hurt me, I’ll hurt you back.
The light bounces back off the mirror.
(postpositional) Earlier, ago.
I last saw him a day or two back.
Our road was chiefly through woods, and part of it lay through the Hurricane-track, that is where a strong wind, some years back, opened a passage through the woods for a mile in breadth... 1822, John Woods, Two Years' Residence in the Settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States, page 138:
We met many years back.
To a later point in time. See also put back.
The meeting has been moved back an hour. It was at 3 o’clock; now it's at 4 o’clock.
fa عقب به (to or in a previous condition or place) · got 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 (to or in a previous condition or place) · bg обра́тно (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi kauemmas (away from the front or from an edge) · pt para trás (in a manner that impedes) · mk назад (away from the front or from an edge) · cs zpět (to or in a previous condition or place) · ga siar (away from the front or from an edge) · cs vzadu (away from the front or from an edge) · es de vuelta (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi pidätellen (in a manner that impedes) · cs zpátky (to or in a previous condition or place) · fy werom (to or in a previous condition or place) · zh 後面的 /后面的 (away from the front or from an edge) · fi estäen (in a manner that impedes) · vi lùi lại (to or in a previous condition or place) · ms balik (to or in a previous condition or place) · ru наза́д (to or in a previous condition or place) · ba кире (to or in a previous condition or place) · yi צוריק (to or in a previous condition or place) · se ruovttoluotta (to or in a previous condition or place) · la retrō (to or in a previous condition or place) · ca endarrere (away from the front or from an edge) · mk назад (to or in a previous condition or place) · ca enrere (away from the front or from an edge) · sa पुनर् (to or in a previous condition or place) · nl terug (to or in a previous condition or place) · hu mögé (away from the front or from an edge) · uk наза́д (to or in a previous condition or place) · hu vissza (to or in a previous condition or place) · ru обра́тно (to or in a previous condition or place) · ia retro (to or in a previous condition or place) · ja 戻り (to or in a previous condition or place) · grc ἄψ (to or in a previous condition or place) · ru вспять (to or in a previous condition or place) · la retro (away from the front or from an edge) · es de regreso (to or in a previous condition or place) · eo poste (away from the front or from an edge) · vi lại (to or in a previous condition or place) · bh पीछे (to or in a previous condition or place) · it indietro (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi hilliten (in a manner that impedes) · war balik (to or in a previous condition or place) · es atrás (away from the front or from an edge) · ko 뒤로 (away from the front or from an edge) · grc αὖτις (to or in a previous condition or place) · ps شاته (away from the front or from an edge) · sl nazáj (in a manner that impedes) · ga siar (in a manner that impedes) · ca enrere (to or in a previous condition or place) · et tagasi (to or in a previous condition or place) · nn attende (to or in a previous condition or place) · eu atzera (away from the front or from an edge) · eo malantaŭe (away from the front or from an edge) · az dala (to or in a previous condition or place) · az geri (to or in a previous condition or place) · pl nazad (to or in a previous condition or place) · nl tegen (in a manner that impedes) · pt para trás (away from the front or from an edge) · af terug (to or in a previous condition or place) · ps وروسته (away from the front or from an edge) · ja 元通り (to or in a previous condition or place) · it indietro (away from the front or from an edge) · cs dozadu (away from the front or from an edge) · hi वापस (to or in a previous condition or place) · gd air ais (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi kiinni (in a manner that impedes) · de zurück (to or in a previous condition or place) · is til baka (to or in a previous condition or place) · el πίσω (to or in a previous condition or place) · te వెనక్కి (away from the front or from an edge) · gd air ais (in a manner that impedes) · fa پس (to or in a previous condition or place) · ja 以前の (to or in a previous condition or place) · te వెనుక (to or in a previous condition or place) · cs zpátky (in a manner that impedes) · tpi bek (to or in a previous condition or place) · ka უკან (to or in a previous condition or place) · ru наза́д (away from the front or from an edge) · lv atpakaļ (to or in a previous condition or place) · liv tāgiž (to or in a previous condition or place) · gd air ais (away from the front or from an edge) · zh 向後 /向后 (to or in a previous condition or place) · nb tilbake (to or in a previous condition or place) · be наза́д (to or in a previous condition or place) · grc ὀπίσω (to or in a previous condition or place) · zh 後 /后 (to or in a previous condition or place) · no tilbake (in a manner that impedes) · ko 뒤로 (to or in a previous condition or place) · ga ar ais (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi takaisin (to or in a previous condition or place) · sk späť (to or in a previous condition or place) · it a posto (to or in a previous condition or place) · hi पीछे (to or in a previous condition or place) · sh nazad (to or in a previous condition or place) · ee megbe (in a manner that impedes) · sl nazáj (to or in a previous condition or place) · pl z powrotem (to or in a previous condition or place) · ja 元の (to or in a previous condition or place) · bg наза́д (to or in a previous condition or place) · pt de volta (to or in a previous condition or place) · nn tilbake (to or in a previous condition or place) · da tilbage (to or in a previous condition or place) · sk nazad (to or in a previous condition or place) · es hacia atrás (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi pois (away from the front or from an edge) · hy ետ (to or in a previous condition or place) · liv tāgižpēḑõn (to or in a previous condition or place) · yo padà (to or in a previous condition or place) · sv tillbaka (in a manner that impedes) · cs zpět (in a manner that impedes) · eo retre (away from the front or from an edge) · az dala (away from the front or from an edge) · ps بېرته (to or in a previous condition or place) · vec indrìo (to or in a previous condition or place) · es arredro (away from the front or from an edge) · fr de retour (to or in a previous condition or place) · sh назад (to or in a previous condition or place) · eo retre (to or in a previous condition or place) · bg назад (away from the front or from an edge) · cy yn ôl (to or in a previous condition or place) · ba артҡа (away from the front or from an edge) · sv tillbaka (to or in a previous condition or place) · de wieder da (to or in a previous condition or place) · fi poispäin (away from the front or from an edge) · tr geri (to or in a previous condition or place) · ro înapoi (to or in a previous condition or place) · ur واپس (to or in a previous condition or place)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Could you please scratch my back?
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) 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.
I hurt my back lifting those crates.
(slang, uncountable) The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. ▸ Large and attractive buttocks.
Back so big, look like your jeans shrunk in the wash / And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch 2016 February 14, Joseph Adenuga, Darren Dixon, Tariq Devega, “Ladies Hit Squad” (track 6), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta ft. D Double E and ASAP Nast, Boy Better Know:
He got his hand on her behind and caressed her firm, ample flesh.[…]“You got some back on you, girl.” 2002, George Pelecanos, Right as Rain: A Novel, →ISBN, page 123:
Take the average black man and ask him that.
She gotta pack much back. 1992, “Baby Got Back”, Sir Mix-A-Lot (lyrics):
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. ▸ The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
I still need to finish the back of your dress.
(countable, uncountable) The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. ▸ The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
Can you fix the back of this chair?
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. ▸ That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
Do thou but think / What ’tis to cram a maw or clothe a back / From such a filthy vice 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front.
He sat in the back of the room.
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
Turn the book over and look at the back.
(countable, uncountable) 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 titles are printed on the backs of the books.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
Convenience and custom have familiarised us to the printed page being a little higher than the middle of the leaf, and to its having a little more margin at the fore edge than in the back. 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, Ayer Publishing, published 1965, →ISBN, page 472:
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side. ▸ The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
Tap it with the back of your knife.
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
Are you sure you're totally out of hair gel? Could you please check in the back?
We’ll meet out in the back of the library.
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ The part of something that goes last.
The car was near the back of the train.
(countable, uncountable) That which is farthest away from the front. ▸ In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
[…]Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a third straight defeat. 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1-3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
The backs were lined up in an I formation.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
(countable, uncountable) A support or resource in reserve.
This project / Should have a back or second, that might hold, / If this should blast in proof. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
(countable, uncountable) The keel and keelson of a ship.
The ship’s back broke in the pounding surf.
(countable, uncountable) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
The stope is kept full of broken ore, sufficient only being drawn to leave a working space between the floor of broken ore and the back of the stope. 1911, Robert Bruce Brinsmade, Mining Without Timber, page 161:
(slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
Put some back into it!
(countable, uncountable) A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
Could I get a martini with a water back?
(countable, uncountable) Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
[…]as delivered by a tanner the average weight of a back and two strips would be about 42 pounds[…]. 1848, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Maine Reports, volume 6, page 397:
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of backstroke.
spine (bound edge of book) · reverse (side opposite the visible side) · dorsum (rear of the body)
Translations (519)
uk зад (the part of something that goes last) · kaw walakaṅ (the rear of body) · syl ꠙꠤꠑ (the rear of body) · ps شا (the reverse side — see also rear) · zea rik (the rear of body) · ee dzime (the rear of body) · mk наслон (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · tl pinakalikod (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mi tuarā (the rear of body) · az dal (the reverse side — see also rear) · gv dreeym (the rear of body) · nl rugleuning (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · frr rag (the rear of body) · pt fundo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pt fundo (the part of something that goes last) · hi पीठ (the rear of body) · yi פּלייצע (the rear of body) · gd cùl (the rear of body) · mi murikōkai (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · vo bäk (the rear of body) · it dietro (the reverse side — see also rear) · nl achterkant (the reverse side — see also rear) · is bak (the rear of body) · ps څټ (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · tg заҳр (the rear of body) · tly peşt (the rear of body) · uz orqa (the rear of body) · war urhi (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · abg arerefed̶̯ai (the rear of body) · pt parte de trás (the reverse side — see also rear) · ko 뒤 (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · af agter (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · sh ле́ђа (the rear of body) · nn rygg (the rear of body) · ka ყუა (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mi kōkai (the rear of body) · mi tua (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · hi पुश्त (the rear of body) · bg о́пако (the reverse side — see also rear) · ug ئارقا (the rear of body) · kn ಬೆನ್ನು (the rear of body) · jje 등땡이 (the rear of body) · bg защи́тник (a position behind most players on the team) · ltg mugora (the rear of body) · fr fond (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ka კიდე (the part of something that goes last) · cs záda (the rear of body) · si පිට (the rear of body) · nb back (a position behind most players on the team) · it rovescio (the reverse side — see also rear) · enm bak (the part of something that goes last) · wyi ngark (the rear of body) · sl hrbet (the reverse side — see also rear) · hu hát (the rear of body) · ja 後ろ (the part of something that goes last) · ja 裏面 (the reverse side — see also rear) · tl huling bahagi (the part of something that goes last) · eo fundo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · uk захисни́к (a position behind most players on the team) · ba һырт (the reverse side — see also rear) · pt beque (a position behind most players on the team) · pt traseira (the reverse side — see also rear) · hrx Ricke (the rear of body) · ro spate (the reverse side — see also rear) · ru за́дняя часть (the reverse side — see also rear) · lt nugara (the rear of body) · ota آرد (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · enm chyne (the rear of body) · ga droim (the reverse side — see also rear) · nn bakside (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · nb rygg (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · grc νῶτος (the rear of body) · af agterkant (the reverse side — see also rear) · eve аркан (the rear of body) · akl likod (the rear of body) · it difensore (a position behind most players on the team) · tt сырт (the rear of body) · de Fond (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pl plecy (the rear of body) · ky арка (the rear of body) · ee megbe (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · fr dos (the rear of body) · nrf dos (the rear of body) · mba talikodan (the rear of body) · fi selkä (the rear of body) · fi kääntöpuoli (the reverse side — see also rear) · pl tył (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · af agterkant (the part of something that goes last) · nb bak (the rear of body) · he סוֹף (the part of something that goes last) · ace likôt (the rear of body) · kk арқа (the rear of body) · it fondo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ttt püşt (the rear of body) · uk зад (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · es dorso (the rear of body) · tl likod (the reverse side — see also rear) · bg облега́лка (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · tk arka (the rear of body) · mi maihamo (the rear of body) · bn পিঠ (the rear of body) · hy մեջք (the rear of body) · cs bek (a position behind most players on the team) · mi murikōkai (the rear of body) · evn согдонно (the rear of body) · pt encosto (para as costas) (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · ko 이면 (the reverse side — see also rear) · enm bak (the reverse side — see also rear) · zh 背部 (the rear of body) · tg пушт (the rear of body) · zu umuva (the reverse side — see also rear) · cop ⲥⲟⲓ (the rear of body) · mt dahar (the rear of body) · is afturhluti (the part of something that goes last) · ja 背 (the rear of body) · gd cùl (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · tew tʼúu (the rear of body) · hy ետև (the part of something that goes last) · kaw wuri (the rear of body) · yo ẹ̀yìn (the rear of body) · it fondo (the part of something that goes last) · dlm duas (the rear of body) · rm rain (the rear of body) · sa पृष्ठ (the rear of body) · mi hamo (the rear of body) · fo bak (the rear of body) · ja 背後 (the reverse side — see also rear) · fa عَقْب (the reverse side — see also rear) · te వెనుకబడు (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · nb bakside (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pl tył (the reverse side — see also rear) · eve дарам (the rear of body) · eo malantaŭo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · eo defendanto (a position behind most players on the team) · cs hřbet (the rear of body) · su pungkur (the rear of body) · mww nrob qaum (the rear of body) · sw mgongo (the rear of body) · fa ظَهْر (the rear of body) · ka ყუა (the part of something that goes last) · so dhabar (the rear of body) · grc ῥάχις (the rear of body) · tr arka (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · nb bakende (the part of something that goes last) · nds Rügg (the rear of body) · nl rug (the rear of body) · war gutok (the rear of body) · gl carrelo (the rear of body) · ru зад (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ko 등 (the rear of body) · es fondo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · nn ryggstø (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · fa پُشْت (the reverse side — see also rear) · de Hintergrund (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ota آرد (the rear of body) · br kein (the rear of body) · az arxa (the rear of body) · ru защи́тник (a position behind most players on the team) · lad roves (the reverse side — see also rear) · ill likud (the rear of body) · rif aɛrur (the rear of body) · nl achter (the reverse side — see also rear) · fr fin (the part of something that goes last) · af agterkant (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · jje 두이 (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · zea rugge (the rear of body) · es reverso (the reverse side — see also rear) · fi peräpää (the part of something that goes last) · ga cúl (the part of something that goes last) · mrc shlymak (the rear of body) · ja 後ろ側 (the part of something that goes last) · id belakang (a position behind most players on the team) · kca-eas пө̆ҷ (the rear of body) · cop ϭⲓⲥⲓ (the rear of body) · rm arains (the rear of body) · cs rub (the reverse side — see also rear) · pt costas (the rear of body) · st mokokotlo (the rear of body) · ota ظهر (the rear of body) · or ପିଠି (the rear of body) · uga 𐎂𐎁 (the rear of body) · cs obránce (a position behind most players on the team) · be зад (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mr पाठ (the rear of body) · nl achter (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · da bagside (the reverse side — see also rear) · fy rêch (the rear of body) · fr revers (the reverse side — see also rear) · ja 背面 (the rear of body) · sh léđa (the rear of body) · rif aɛrur (the reverse side — see also rear) · ee megbe (the part of something that goes last) · fi perä (the part of something that goes last) · zh 最後 /最后 (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · oj nipikwan (the rear of body) · sms seä´lǧǧ (the rear of body) · os фӕсонтӕ (the rear of body) · es fondo (the part of something that goes last) · mk задна страна (the reverse side — see also rear) · es defensa (a position behind most players on the team) · jje 뒤 (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · de Ende (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · zza dos (the rear of body) · tk syrt (the rear of body) · mi ue (the rear of body) · uk зад (the reverse side — see also rear) · fa پُشْت (the reverse side — see also rear) · ta முதுகு (the rear of body) · be абаро́нца (a position behind most players on the team) · hy ետև (the reverse side — see also rear) · ro spinare (the rear of body) · fa پُشْت (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · egy Aa18:Z1 (the rear of body) · ru зад (the reverse side — see also rear) · pam gulut (the rear of body) · gd cùl (the reverse side — see also rear) · la tergum (the rear of body) · cv ҫурӑм (the rear of body) · ar ضهر (the rear of body) · hi पुश्त (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · ar ضهر (the rear of body) · ro spate (the part of something that goes last) · ko 뒤 (the reverse side — see also rear) · de Verteidiger (a position behind most players on the team) · ga cúl (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · sv bakände (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pt reverso (the reverse side — see also rear) · cst núm̄es (the rear of body) · mi angamate (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · hu hátulja (the reverse side — see also rear) · et selg (the rear of body) · ast llombu (the rear of body) · tl likod (the rear of body) · ps شا (the rear of body) · rsk хрибет (the rear of body) · fi takaosa (the part of something that goes last) · fi takapuoli (the reverse side — see also rear) · tl huling dulo (the part of something that goes last) · pdt Rigjen (the rear of body) · yi רוקן (the rear of body) · fi puolustaja (a position behind most players on the team) · nn back (a position behind most players on the team) · ota آرقه (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ht do (the rear of body) · ur پُشْت (the rear of body) · sv rygg (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · id belakang (the part of something that goes last) · mfe ledo (the rear of body) · af agter (the reverse side — see also rear) · fr derrière (the reverse side — see also rear) · jv mburi (the rear of body) · mk заднина (the part of something that goes last) · ps څټ (the reverse side — see also rear) · zh 最後的 /最后的 (the part of something that goes last) · fi nurja puoli (the reverse side — see also rear) · ar ظَهْر (the rear of body) · uk спи́на (the rear of body) · ba арт (the part of something that goes last) · mk опачина (the reverse side — see also rear) · hi پُشْت (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · lo ຫຼັງ (the rear of body) · fa پُشْت (the rear of body) · mi muri (the rear of body) · af rug (the rear of body) · nb ryggstø (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · nv anághah (the rear of body) · ne ढाड (the rear of body) · clt ke (the rear of body) · ja 後方 (the part of something that goes last) · fr arrière (a position behind most players on the team) · rap tua'ivi (the rear of body) · lb Réck (the rear of body) · zh 後面的 /后面的 (a position behind most players on the team) · mn нуруу (the rear of body) · eo dorso (the rear of body) · inh букъ (the rear of body) · mi angaangamate (the reverse side — see also rear) · ms belakang (the rear of body) · sl hrbet (the rear of body) · nb akterende (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ja 背中 (the rear of body) · mi kōpako (the rear of body) · lez далу (the rear of body) · hil likod (the rear of body) · ru ты́льная часть (the reverse side — see also rear) · rm dies (the rear of body) · udi бач̓ан (the rear of body) · ja 裏側 (the reverse side — see also rear) · dsb kśebjat (the rear of body) · sw mgongo (the reverse side — see also rear) · mk заднина (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · it schiena (the rear of body) · ka მცველი (a position behind most players on the team) · es respaldo (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · kmr pişt (the rear of body) · ro spate (the rear of body) · ko 뒤쪽 (the reverse side — see also rear) · ro dos (the reverse side — see also rear) · se sealgi (the rear of body) · ca esquena (the rear of body) · dsb kśebjat (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · as পিঠি (the rear of body) · wao k'úlih (the rear of body) · cs zadní část (the part of something that goes last) · yue 背脊 (the rear of body) · bg гръб (the rear of body) · qu wagta (the rear of body) · vi lưng (the rear of body) · kpv мыш (the rear of body) · mk одбрана (a position behind most players on the team) · sv bakände (the part of something that goes last) · bg за́дница (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ja 後ろ (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · it dietro (the part of something that goes last) · ne पीठ (the rear of body) · wa dos (the rear of body) · ota پشت (the rear of body) · gd cùl (the part of something that goes last) · ga cúl (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pl obrońca (a position behind most players on the team) · sv back (a position behind most players on the team) · wao k'úli (the rear of body) · lv mugura (the rear of body) · mi tuarongo (the rear of body) · fa پُشْت (the rear of body) · cs útočník (a position behind most players on the team) · el πλάτη (the rear of body) · az bel (the rear of body) · mnc ᡶᡳᠰᠠ (the rear of body) · sw mgongo (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · be зад (the part of something that goes last) · rup spatã (the rear of body) · ccc tusna (the rear of body) · pdc Rick (the rear of body) · es espaldar (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · es espalda (the rear of body) · de Rückseite (the reverse side — see also rear) · ast espalda (the reverse side — see also rear) · lut sʔiličəd (the rear of body) · tet kotuk (the rear of body) · vec font (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · it dorso (the rear of body) · nv hwííshgháán (the rear of body) · apw bigháń (the rear of body) · pt dorso (the reverse side — see also rear) · yo ẹ̀yìn (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · es revés (the reverse side — see also rear) · fa ظَهْر (the rear of body) · rhg fith (the rear of body) · ps څټ (the part of something that goes last) · es trasero (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ur ظَہْر (the rear of body) · sa पृष्ठ (the reverse side — see also rear) · az arxa (the reverse side — see also rear) · ota آرقه (the reverse side — see also rear) · mi pāhoahoa (the rear of body) · ota سرت (the rear of body) · pl koniec (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · vec schena (the rear of body) · sk chrbát (the rear of body) · ivb dichud (the rear of body) · nb bakside (the reverse side — see also rear) · is bakhlið (the reverse side — see also rear) · nl achterkant (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · nn bakside (the reverse side — see also rear) · unm ùpxkòn (the rear of body) · tt арка (the rear of body) · fa عَقْب (the reverse side — see also rear) · io dorso (the rear of body) · zza pışt (the rear of body) · ln mokongo (the rear of body) · sv baksida (the reverse side — see also rear) · nn rygg (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · fi pakki (a position behind most players on the team) · tab далу (the rear of body) · bo སྒལ་པ (the rear of body) · ja 最後 (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ga droim (the rear of body) · ka ზურგი (the rear of body) · my ကျော (the rear of body) · phn 𐤑𐤄𐤓 (the rear of body) · ga taca (a position behind most players on the team) · ota آرد (the reverse side — see also rear) · he גב (the reverse side — see also rear) · he מגן (a position behind most players on the team) · be зад (the reverse side — see also rear) · id belakang (the reverse side — see also rear) · fi selkänoja (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · jje 두이 (the reverse side — see also rear) · de Kehrseite (the reverse side — see also rear) · zh 後面 /后面 (the reverse side — see also rear) · nv bíígháán (the rear of body) · txb sark (the rear of body) · zh 脊背 (the rear of body) · be спі́на (the rear of body) · ro spate (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · pa ਢੂਹੀ (the rear of body) · ee megbe (the reverse side — see also rear) · so gadaal (the rear of body) · ota آرقه (the rear of body) · de Rückenlehne (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · nb rygg (the rear of body) · sjd се̄лльк (the rear of body) · te వెనుకవైపు (the rear of body) · njo-jgl terongdong (the rear of body) · cu зажда (the rear of body) · kne bokud (the rear of body) · pl koniec (the part of something that goes last) · tr sırt (the rear of body) · uk спи́нка (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · la dorsum (the rear of body) · msk likod (the rear of body) · ru спи́нка (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · eo malantaŭo (the reverse side — see also rear) · te వెనుకవైపు (the reverse side — see also rear) · nl verdediger (a position behind most players on the team) · zh 背 (the rear of body) · ba арт (the reverse side — see also rear) · be спі́нка (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · haw kua (the rear of body) · zh 尻脊骿 (the rear of body) · ur پِیٹھ (the rear of body) · cs zadní část (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · he גַּב (the rear of body) · ja 裏 (the reverse side — see also rear) · id punggung (the rear of body) · agj ዘርህ (the rear of body) · pt lombo (the rear of body) · sma rudtje (the rear of body) · da ryg (the rear of body) · ang hryċġ (the rear of body) · nl achterkant (the part of something that goes last) · kw keyn (the rear of body) · rom dumo (the rear of body) · ps څټ (the rear of body) · pl oparcie (the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest) · es envés (the reverse side — see also rear) · nn bak (the rear of body) · pl tył (the part of something that goes last) · ru зад (the part of something that goes last) · de Rücken (the rear of body) · rup schinari (the rear of body) · luy kumukongo (the rear of body) · hy ետև (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mi kohamo (the rear of body) · oc esquina (the rear of body) · la tergum (the reverse side — see also rear) · akl buli' (the rear of body) · ckb پشت (the rear of body) · km ខ្នង (the rear of body) · es cabo (the part of something that goes last) · eu bizkar (the rear of body) · yo ẹ̀yìn (the reverse side — see also rear) · sq shpinë (the rear of body) · mrw likod (the rear of body) · mdf копорь (the rear of body) · mk грб (the rear of body) · ka გნდე (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ps شا (the part of something that goes last) · jje 뒤 (the reverse side — see also rear) · gl lombo (the rear of body) · la tergum (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · qu wasa (the rear of body) · wym ryk (the rear of body) · myv копорь (the rear of body) · it retro (the reverse side — see also rear) · te వెనుక (a position behind most players on the team) · es extremo (the part of something that goes last) · za saen (the rear of body) · ko 리면 (the reverse side — see also rear) · ky далы (the rear of body) · am ጀርባ (the rear of body) · sv rygg (the rear of body) · es parte de atrás (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ko 배후 (the reverse side — see also rear) · de Ende (the part of something that goes last) · csb plecë (the rear of body) · fi taka- (the reverse side — see also rear) · os чъылдым (the rear of body) · hy թիկունք (the rear of body) · id belakang (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ba арт (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mk задница (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · smn čielgi (the rear of body) · mi mōua (the rear of body) · sv slut (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · gl costas (the rear of body) · enm bak (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · ro dos (the rear of body) · enm bak (the rear of body) · es lomo (the rear of body) · ps شا (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · hsb chribjet (the rear of body) · izh perä (that which is farthest away from the front — see also rear) · mi angamate (the reverse side — see also rear) · ar ظَهَر (the rear of body) · es dorso (the reverse side — see also rear) · ny msana (the rear of body) · nl achterhoedespeler (a position behind most players on the team) · ayz kpor (the rear of body)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one. 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 54, at Harmon station, New York:
Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you’re run off your course again. This is a rich man’s summer ‘cottage’ […].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn’t backed more’n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn’t help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
It was Brianna’s Oldsmobile, and it had been backed into the side of the abandoned house with enough force that the rear bumper was caught on the foundation. The back tyres were actually lifted off the ground. 2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026:
The train backed into the station.
The horse refuses to back.
(transitive) To support.
The pony won three times in one month and as I had backed it on each occasion I collected a ‘bank’ of over £400. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 153:
Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 148:
I back you all the way.
Which horse are you backing in this race?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 by 17-5, despite concerns about the bill in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration and anger about the measure from Beijing. 2022 September 15, “China lodges complaint as U.S. Senate panel advances Taiwan bill”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022, Asia Pacific:
And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
(of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
(of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
(of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
(UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
(transitive) To push or force backwards.
The soil seems to be very good; the creek runs through the reserve, and has a dam thrown across it, which backs the water for a very considerable distance, and enables them to irrigate a portion of their cultivation block. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 279:
to back oxen
The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
(obsolete, transitive) To get upon the back of; to mount.
I will back him [a horse] straight. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
(obsolete, transitive) To place or seat upon the back.
Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed, / Appeared to me. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
to back books
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one’s dreams. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
He hath a garden circummured with brick,
Whose western side is with a vineyard backed c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
the chalk cliffs which back the beach 1877, Thomas Henry Huxley, Physiography: An Introduction to the Study of Nature:
So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn. 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
to back a letter; to back a note or legal document
(of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
To row backward with (oars).
to back the oars
(Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
Sticks and Stones may break my bones
Not when I back this botty 2017 August 4, “Sticks and Stones”performed by Zone 2 (Kwengface x Trizzac x PS):
When I back this blade, wallahi
The hearts get beat like they just saw jihadi 2020 August 13, TwoLzz, “TwentyTwo”, 1:14–1:18:
(Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
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mi kōrure (of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction) · ga cúlaigh (of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction) · it sostenere (to support) · ru подде́рживать (to support) · ko 뒷걸음치다 (to go in the reverse direction) · es retroceder (to go in the reverse direction) · fr reculer (to go in the reverse direction) · mi tautoko (to support) · eo apogi (to support) · fr soutenir (to support) · scn sustèniri (to support) · pt fazer marcha-à-ré (to go in the reverse direction) · ko 역행하다 (to go in the reverse direction) · nl achteruit rijden (to go in the reverse direction) · te వెనుకనుండి (to support) · nb rygge (to go in the reverse direction) · scn jiri a n'arreri (to go in the reverse direction) · uk підтримувати (to support) · kw skoodhya (to support) · mk поддржува (to support) · ja 戻る (to go in the reverse direction) · eo subteni (to support) · bg поддържам (to support) · ca recular (to go in the reverse direction) · pt fazer marcha atrás (to go in the reverse direction) · pt apoiar (to support) · de rückdrehen (of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction) · de zurücksetzen (to go in the reverse direction) · he גִּבָּה (to support) · yo fẹ̀yìnrìn (to go in the reverse direction) · scn turnari a n'arreri (to go in the reverse direction) · ko 후퇴하다 (to go in the reverse direction) · ru е́хать наза́д (to go in the reverse direction) · cs couvat (to go in the reverse direction) · uk підтримати (to support) · te వెనుకకుపోవు (to go in the reverse direction) · it appoggiare (to support) · es ir marcha atrás (to go in the reverse direction) · es sostener (to support) · sk podporovať (to support) · ja 帰る (to go in the reverse direction) · ja 逆行する (to go in the reverse direction) · scn firrijari (to go in the reverse direction) · nl achteruit gaan (to go in the reverse direction) · fi tukea (to support) · sv backa upp (to support) · scn appujari (to support) · ga cúlaigh (to go in the reverse direction) · fr faire marche arrière (to go in the reverse direction) · sv backa (to go in the reverse direction) · mi taunaki (to support) · hu hátrál (to go in the reverse direction) · cs podporovat (to support) · nn rygge (to go in the reverse direction) · it fare marcia indietro (to go in the reverse direction) · ga tacaigh le (to support) · jje 뒤컬음ᄒᆞ다 (to go in the reverse direction) · es dar marcha atrás (to go in the reverse direction) · sk cúvať (to go in the reverse direction) · eo malantaŭeniri (to go in the reverse direction) · ml പിന്താങ്ങുക (to support) · it indietreggiare (to go in the reverse direction) · fi pakata (of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction) · es respaldar (to support) · fi peruuttaa (to go in the reverse direction) · id mundur (to go in the reverse direction) · mi pēke (to go in the reverse direction) · nl steunen (to support) · ru е́здить наза́д (to go in the reverse direction) · nn ryggje (to go in the reverse direction) · id dukung (to support) · mi whakatuarā (to support) · gd seas (to support) · ca fer costat (to support)
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.
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de Küpe (cistern) · cs káď (cistern) · bg корито (cistern) · de Wanne (cistern) · de Pfanne (cistern) · de Bottich (cistern) · fi säiliö (cistern) · de Würzpfanne (cistern)