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Words with a similar base: back, back_up, backbone, backrest, backward, backwards

'back'

[back.n.01] as in: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

Examples:
his back was nicely tanned

'back'

[rear.n.05] as in: the side that goes last or is not normally seen

Examples:
he wrote the date on the back of the photograph

'back'

[back.n.03] as in: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

Examples:
he stood at the back of the stage
it was hidden in the rear of the store

'back'

[back.n.04] as in: (football) a person who plays in the backfield

'back'

[spinal_column.n.01] as in: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

Examples:
the fall broke his back

'back'

[binding.n.05] as in: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

Examples:
the book had a leather binding

'back'

[back.n.07] as in: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

Examples:
they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back

'back'

[back.n.08] as in: a support that you can lean against while sitting

Examples:
the back of the dental chair was adjustable

'back'

[back.n.09] as in: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

'back'

[back.v.01] as in: be behind; approve of

Examples:
He plumped for the Labor Party
I backed Kennedy in 1960

'back'

[back.v.02] as in: travel backward

Examples:
back into the driveway
The car backed up and hit the tree

'back'

[second.v.01] as in: give support or one's approval to

Examples:
I'll second that motion
I can't back this plan
endorse a new project

'back'

[back.v.04] as in: cause to travel backward

Examples:
back the car into the parking spot

'back'

[back.v.05] as in: support financial backing for

Examples:
back this enterprise

'back'

[back.v.06] as in: be in back of

Examples:
My garage backs their yard

'back'

[bet_on.v.01] as in: place a bet on

Examples:
Which horse are you backing?
I'm betting on the new horse

'back'

[back.v.08] as in: shift to a counterclockwise direction

Examples:
the wind backed

'back'

[back.v.09] as in: establish as valid or genuine

Examples:
Can you back up your claims?

'back'

[back.v.10] as in: strengthen by providing with a back or backing

'back'

[back.a.01] as in: related to or located at the back

Examples:
the back yard
the back entrance

'back'

[back.s.01] as in: located at or near the back of an animal

Examples:
back (or hind) legs
the hinder part of a carcass

'back'

[back.s.02] as in: of an earlier date

Examples:
back issues of the magazine

'back'

[back.r.01] as in: in or to or toward a former location

Examples:
she went back to her parents' house

'back'

[back.r.02] as in: at or to or toward the back or rear

Examples:
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car

'back'

[back.r.03] as in: in or to or toward an original condition

Examples:
he went back to sleep

'back'

[back.r.04] as in: in or to or toward a past time

Examples:
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward

'back'

[back.r.05] as in: in reply

Examples:
he wrote back three days later

'back'

[back.r.06] as in: in repayment or retaliation

Examples:
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

Origins

					back (English)
└── bak (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── bæc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))