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backed en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of back
    form of back

backed en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From back (noun) + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
    • He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.
  2. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Having specified type of back.
    • red-backed shrike
    • a high-backed chair
    • sway-backed
  3. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Having specified type of backing.
    • asset-backed securities
    • Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry:

Deriveds

rufous-backed antvireo · black-backed water tyrant · sticky-backed plastic · grey red-backed vole · roach-backed · rufous-backed fantail · green-backed tit · russet-backed thrush · southern black-backed gull · mortgage-backed security · black-backed antshrike · whale-backed · chestnut-backed chickadee · community-backed · saddle-backed · sway-backed · asset-backed commercial paper · chestnut-backed antshrike · grey-backed fiscal · backed blade · black-backed jackal · slaty-backed gull · olive-backed thrush · mortgage-backed · factory-backed · black-backed grosbeak · white-backed black tit · green-backed firecrown · green-backed flycatcher · streak-backed antshrike · razor-backed · red-backed sea eagle · rough-backed litter snake · violet-backed starling · olive-backed pipit · unbacked · hog-backed · saddle-backed bush cricket · purple-backed fairywren · stiff-backed · northern red-backed vole · green-backed gerygone · olive-backed sunbird · spot-backed antshrike · greater black-backed gull · silver-backed fox · lesser black-backed gull · red-backed fairywren · red-backed hawk · great black-backed gull · black-backed gull · shield-backed bug · red-backed shrike · olive-backed oriole · asset-backed security

Hyponyms

bare-backed · lute-backed · humpbacked · hump-backed · high-backed · flat-backed millipede · barebacked · ESA-backed · mossbacked · asset-backed · battery-backed · green-backed · American-backed · crookbacked · paperbacked · camelbacked · highbacked · hardbacked · softbacked · hunchbacked · saddle-backed jackal · broken-backed · hogbacked