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BACK, n.
1. The upper part of an animal, particularly of a quadruped, whose back is a ridge. In human beings, the hinder part of the body.
2. The outward or convex part of the hand, opposed to the inner, concave part, or palm.
3. As the back of man is the part on the side opposite to the face; hence the part opposed to the front; as the back of a book and of a chimney, or the back of a house.
4. The part opposite to or most remote from that which fronts the speaker or actor, or the part out of sight; as the back of an isle, of a wood, of a village.
5. As the back is the strongest part of an animal, and as the back is behind in motion; hence the thick and strong part of a cutting tool; as the back of a knife, or of a saw.
6. The place behind or nearest the back; as, on the back of a hill or of a village.
7. The outer part of the body, or the whole body; a part for the whole; as, he has not clothes to his back.
8. To turn the back on one, is to forsake, or neglect him.
9. To turn the back to one, to acknowledge to be superior.
10. To turn the back, is to depart, or to leave the care or cognizance of; to remove or be absent.
11. Behind the back, is in secret, or when one is absent.
12. To cast behind the back, in scripture, is to forget and forgive, Is.xxxviii, 17; or to treat with contempt. Ez.xxiii.35. Neh.ix.26.
13. To plow the back, is to oppress and persecute. Psa 129.
14. To bow the back, is to submit to oppression. Rom.xi.10.
BACK, adv. To the place from which one came; as, to go back is to return.
2. In a figurative sense, to a former state, condition or station; as, he cannot go back from his engagements.
3. Behind; not advancing; not coming or bringing forward; as, to keep back a part; to keep one's selfback.
4. Towards times or things past; as, to look back on former ages.
5. Again; in return; as, give back the money.
6. To go or come back, is to return, either to a former place, or state.
7. To go or give back, is to retreat to recede.
BACK, v.t. To mount; to get upon the back; sometimes perhaps to place upon the back; as, to back a horse.
2. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid; as, the Court was backed by the House of Commons.
3. To put backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
4. To back a warrant, is for a justice of the peace in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender.
5. In seamanship, to back an anchor is to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one, to prevent its coming home.
6. To back astern, in rowing, is to manage the oars in a direction contrary to the usual method, to move a boat stern foremost.
7. To back the sails,is to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern.
BACK, v.i. To move or go back; as, the horse refuses to back.
back appears in definitions for these words:
Aback Abducent Abductor Acanthopterygious Acceptance Accubation Acolin Addorsed Adossed Advancer Again Agitate Alphest Alphonsin Anaca Anathema Anchor Anole Antanaclasis Apiaster Apothesis Astern Averseness Babyroussa Back Backbone Backcarry Backdoor Backed Backhanded Backing Backpiece Backroom Backside Backstaff Backstairs Backward Backwardness Backwards Bald Baldness Banoy Barb Barbecue Barracada Base-court Basking-shark Battering-ram Battery Battle Beard Beat Behind Behindhand Belly Besom Bib Bicauda Bifariously Bird Blench Blot Boat-hook Boating Bob Bobbing Bonito Boops Bopeep Botetto Bow Break Bring Bristle Broad-backed Bug Bull-head Bunch Cachalot Calking Call Camel Camel-backed Capillary Carinate Carry Chape Chine Chined Chub Circulation Circumferentor Coal-fish Cock Cock-horse Cohobate Cold-finch Coleopter Comber Come Compass Cormorant Cornice Correct Correction Coryphene Couch Counterbuff Countermarch Coy Crick Crook Crook-back Crook-backed Cross-tining Cruise Cuff Curb Curbing Curl Curule Dance Dandy Declension Defend Deform Deltoid Detain Detained Detaining Discount Discounted Disgrace Dispauper Docket Dolphin Dorsal Dorsiferous Dorsiparous Doubt Dragon-shell Draught-hooks Draw Drawback Dromedary Drops Eat Ebb Ebbing Echo Echoing Eddish Eddy-water Eddy-wind Elastic Ember-goose Enclitic Enclitically Epiphyllospermous Equinox Fall Fern Fetch Fieldfare Fit Flagrant Fluctuate Flyer Foil Foliation For Fore Forefend Forerunner Form Forward Fro Gallstone Gammon Garth Gavilan Get Girth Give Godwit Gothicize Grampus Grayling Greatly Halibut Hanging-sleeves Heal Heave Her Hidebound Hind Hit Hog Hoist Homestall Hood Horse Houndfish Hover Hum Hump Humpback Humpbacked Hunch Hunchbacked Ibex Icy Ides Indorse Indorsement Indorser Inversion Invertebrated Irredeemableness It Jakes Jerk Julis Keeled Keep Knapsack Laggard Lance Landau Larboard Laveer Leg Look Lose Lumbago Lumpfish Maniglions March Marry Measure Ministerial Navel-gall Occipital Onward Opisthodome Oscillate Oscillation Oscillatory Ostrich Outrigger Pack Palindrome Pardon Passade Pawl Pec-cary Pedler Perch Pickback Pilchard Pillion Plow Pole-ax Polity Poll Porpess Postern Postic Postposition Prickle-back Puff Pullback Punch Put Quit Rally Re-echo Ready Rear Reassign Rebellow Rebound Rebounding Rebuff Rebut Recall Recalled Recalling Recarried Recarry Recarrying Recede Receded Receding Recess Recession Recheat Recidivation Recidivous Reclaim Recline Reclined Reclining Recoil Recoiling Recoilingly Recollect Reconcile Reconduct Reconducted Reconducting Reconvey Reconveyed Reconveying Recourse Recoverable Recurvate Recurvation Recurved Recurviroster Recurvity Recurvous Recusant Redeem Redeliver Redelivered Redelivering Redelivery Redemand Redemandable Redemanded Redemanding Redemise Redistribute Redistributed Redistributing Redistribution Redound Redout Reduce Reduced Reducement Reducing Reflect Reflected Reflectent Reflectible Reflecting Reflection Reflective Reflex Reflexible Reflexively Refloat Reflow Reflowing Refluctuation Refluence Refluent Reflux Refracted Refrain Refrained Refraining Refund Refunded Refunding Refuse Refute Regorge Regrade Regrant Regranted Regranting Regress Regression Regressive Regressively Regurgitate Regurgitated Regurgitating Regurgitation Reins Relapse Relapsing Relate Relinquish Remand Remanded Remanding Remigrate Remigration Remise Remission Remit Remitted Remurmur Remurmured Remurmuring Render Rendered Rendering Repaid Repass Repassed Repassing Repay Repaying Repayment Repedation Repel Repelled Repellency Repellent Repelling Repercuss Repercussion Repercussive Replevy Report Repulse Repulsed Repulser Repulsing Repulsory Repurchase Repurchased Repurchasing Resail Rescribe Resend Reservation Reserve Reserved Reservedly Reserving Resign Resilience Resilient Resilition Resonant Resort Resound Respond Restem Restif Restore Restored Restoring Restrain Restrained Restraining Restraint Result Resumable Resume Resumed Resuming Resumption Resumptive Resupinate Resupination Resupine Retain Retard Retire Retort Retorted Retorting Retoss Retossed Retossing Retrace Retraced Retracing Retract Retracted Retractile Retreat Retribute Retributed Retrieve Retroaction Retroactive Retrocede Retroceded Retroceding Retrocession Retroduction Retroflex Retrofract Retrogradation Retrograde Retrogression Retrogressive Retromingency Retromingent Retropulsive Retrorsely Retrospect Retrospection Retrospective Retroversion Retrovert Retroverted Retrude Return Returned Returning Revel Reverberant Reverberate Reverberated Reverberating Reverberation Reverberatory Reverse Revert Reverted Reverting Revibrate Revibration Review Reviewing Revindicate Revocate Revocation Revoke Revolute Revolution Revulsion Rickets Ridge Rock Rocking Rudd Rump Run Runcinate Sabre Sack Saddle Saddle-backed Savelin Scapular Scapulary Scorpion Scraggy Scruple Sea-needle Seer-wood Sehat-fish Settee Shoe Shoulder Shout Shove Side Sigh Sitfast Slack Sliding Small Smiter Spinal Spine Spondyl Spondyle Spring Spurn Startle Step Stern-board Stern-chase Stern-way Stool Strain Strip Supine Surcingle Surge Swaying Sweep Synagris Tables Tera Tergifetous Tergiversate Testudo Thorn Tide-gate Tilt To Trailing Tung Turn Unbacked Undulate Unreclaimed Untread Untwist Unwarp Up Upon Vapor Vat Verteber Vertebral Vertebrated Wand Wanty Warbles Ward Whisperer Whispering Whistle Whistle-fish White-horse-fish Widgeon Wince Wish Withdraw Withdrawing Withdrawment Withdrawn Withhold Withholding Wornil
Aback Abducent Abductor Acanthopterygious Acceptance Accubation Acolin Addorsed Adossed Advancer Again Agitate Alphest Alphonsin Anaca Anathema Anchor Anole Antanaclasis Apiaster Apothesis Astern Averseness Babyroussa Back Backbone Backcarry Backdoor Backed Backhanded Backing Backpiece Backroom Backside Backstaff Backstairs Backward Backwardness Backwards Bald Baldness Banoy Barb Barbecue Barracada Base-court Basking-shark Battering-ram Battery Battle Beard Beat Behind Behindhand Belly Besom Bib Bicauda Bifariously Bird Blench Blot Boat-hook Boating Bob Bobbing Bonito Boops Bopeep Botetto Bow Break Bring Bristle Broad-backed Bug Bull-head Bunch Cachalot Calking Call Camel Camel-backed Capillary Carinate Carry Chape Chine Chined Chub Circulation Circumferentor Coal-fish Cock Cock-horse Cohobate Cold-finch Coleopter Comber Come Compass Cormorant Cornice Correct Correction Coryphene Couch Counterbuff Countermarch Coy Crick Crook Crook-back Crook-backed Cross-tining Cruise Cuff Curb Curbing Curl Curule Dance Dandy Declension Defend Deform Deltoid Detain Detained Detaining Discount Discounted Disgrace Dispauper Docket Dolphin Dorsal Dorsiferous Dorsiparous Doubt Dragon-shell Draught-hooks Draw Drawback Dromedary Drops Eat Ebb Ebbing Echo Echoing Eddish Eddy-water Eddy-wind Elastic Ember-goose Enclitic Enclitically Epiphyllospermous Equinox Fall Fern Fetch Fieldfare Fit Flagrant Fluctuate Flyer Foil Foliation For Fore Forefend Forerunner Form Forward Fro Gallstone Gammon Garth Gavilan Get Girth Give Godwit Gothicize Grampus Grayling Greatly Halibut Hanging-sleeves Heal Heave Her Hidebound Hind Hit Hog Hoist Homestall Hood Horse Houndfish Hover Hum Hump Humpback Humpbacked Hunch Hunchbacked Ibex Icy Ides Indorse Indorsement Indorser Inversion Invertebrated Irredeemableness It Jakes Jerk Julis Keeled Keep Knapsack Laggard Lance Landau Larboard Laveer Leg Look Lose Lumbago Lumpfish Maniglions March Marry Measure Ministerial Navel-gall Occipital Onward Opisthodome Oscillate Oscillation Oscillatory Ostrich Outrigger Pack Palindrome Pardon Passade Pawl Pec-cary Pedler Perch Pickback Pilchard Pillion Plow Pole-ax Polity Poll Porpess Postern Postic Postposition Prickle-back Puff Pullback Punch Put Quit Rally Re-echo Ready Rear Reassign Rebellow Rebound Rebounding Rebuff Rebut Recall Recalled Recalling Recarried Recarry Recarrying Recede Receded Receding Recess Recession Recheat Recidivation Recidivous Reclaim Recline Reclined Reclining Recoil Recoiling Recoilingly Recollect Reconcile Reconduct Reconducted Reconducting Reconvey Reconveyed Reconveying Recourse Recoverable Recurvate Recurvation Recurved Recurviroster Recurvity Recurvous Recusant Redeem Redeliver Redelivered Redelivering Redelivery Redemand Redemandable Redemanded Redemanding Redemise Redistribute Redistributed Redistributing Redistribution Redound Redout Reduce Reduced Reducement Reducing Reflect Reflected Reflectent Reflectible Reflecting Reflection Reflective Reflex Reflexible Reflexively Refloat Reflow Reflowing Refluctuation Refluence Refluent Reflux Refracted Refrain Refrained Refraining Refund Refunded Refunding Refuse Refute Regorge Regrade Regrant Regranted Regranting Regress Regression Regressive Regressively Regurgitate Regurgitated Regurgitating Regurgitation Reins Relapse Relapsing Relate Relinquish Remand Remanded Remanding Remigrate Remigration Remise Remission Remit Remitted Remurmur Remurmured Remurmuring Render Rendered Rendering Repaid Repass Repassed Repassing Repay Repaying Repayment Repedation Repel Repelled Repellency Repellent Repelling Repercuss Repercussion Repercussive Replevy Report Repulse Repulsed Repulser Repulsing Repulsory Repurchase Repurchased Repurchasing Resail Rescribe Resend Reservation Reserve Reserved Reservedly Reserving Resign Resilience Resilient Resilition Resonant Resort Resound Respond Restem Restif Restore Restored Restoring Restrain Restrained Restraining Restraint Result Resumable Resume Resumed Resuming Resumption Resumptive Resupinate Resupination Resupine Retain Retard Retire Retort Retorted Retorting Retoss Retossed Retossing Retrace Retraced Retracing Retract Retracted Retractile Retreat Retribute Retributed Retrieve Retroaction Retroactive Retrocede Retroceded Retroceding Retrocession Retroduction Retroflex Retrofract Retrogradation Retrograde Retrogression Retrogressive Retromingency Retromingent Retropulsive Retrorsely Retrospect Retrospection Retrospective Retroversion Retrovert Retroverted Retrude Return Returned Returning Revel Reverberant Reverberate Reverberated Reverberating Reverberation Reverberatory Reverse Revert Reverted Reverting Revibrate Revibration Review Reviewing Revindicate Revocate Revocation Revoke Revolute Revolution Revulsion Rickets Ridge Rock Rocking Rudd Rump Run Runcinate Sabre Sack Saddle Saddle-backed Savelin Scapular Scapulary Scorpion Scraggy Scruple Sea-needle Seer-wood Sehat-fish Settee Shoe Shoulder Shout Shove Side Sigh Sitfast Slack Sliding Small Smiter Spinal Spine Spondyl Spondyle Spring Spurn Startle Step Stern-board Stern-chase Stern-way Stool Strain Strip Supine Surcingle Surge Swaying Sweep Synagris Tables Tera Tergifetous Tergiversate Testudo Thorn Tide-gate Tilt To Trailing Tung Turn Unbacked Undulate Unreclaimed Untread Untwist Unwarp Up Upon Vapor Vat Verteber Vertebral Vertebrated Wand Wanty Warbles Ward Whisperer Whispering Whistle Whistle-fish White-horse-fish Widgeon Wince Wish Withdraw Withdrawing Withdrawment Withdrawn Withhold Withholding Wornil
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