Result from Foreign Dictionaries (1 entries found)

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: back adv 1: in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" 2: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: {back}, {backward}, {backwards}, {rearward}, {rearwards}] [ant: {forrad}, {forrard}, {forward}, {forwards}, {frontward}, {frontwards}] 3: in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" 4: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: {back}, {backward}] [ant: {ahead}, {forward}] 5: in reply; "he wrote back three days later" 6: 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" adj 1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: {front(a)}] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: {back(a)}, {hind(a)}, {hinder(a)}] 3: of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: {back}, {dorsum}] 2: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: {rear}, {back}] [ant: {front}] 3: 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" [syn: {back}, {rear}] [ant: {front}] 4: (football) a person who plays in the backfield 5: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: {spinal column}, {vertebral column}, {spine}, {backbone}, {back}, {rachis}] 6: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: {binding}, {book binding}, {cover}, {back}] 7: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" 8: a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: {back}, {backrest}] 9: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage v 1: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: {back}, {endorse}, {indorse}, {plump for}, {plunk for}, {support}] 2: travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" 3: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: {second}, {back}, {endorse}, {indorse}] 4: cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: {advance}, {bring forward}] 5: support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" 6: be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" [ant: {face}, {front}, {look}] 7: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {gage}, {stake}, {game}, {punt}] 8: shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: {veer}] 9: establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: {back}, {back up}] 10: strengthen by providing with a back or backing