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227 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) back (noun)
  2. 2) back (adverb)
  3. 3) back (adjective)
  4. 4) back (verb)
  5. Back (geographical name)
  6. back action (noun)
  7. back-alley (adjective)
  8. back along (adverb)
  9. back and forth (adverb)
  10. back-and-forth (noun)
  11. back answer (noun)
  12. back away (verb)
  13. back bacon (noun)
  14. back beam (noun)
  15. back bond (noun)
  16. back bulb (noun)
  17. back burner (noun)
  18. back-calving (adjective)
  19. back center (noun)
  20. back channel (noun)
  21. back-check (verb)
  22. back choir (noun)
  23. back comb (noun)
  24. back-comb (verb)
  25. back dive (noun)
  26. back down (verb)
  27. back draft (noun)
  28. back electromotive force (noun)
  29. back end (noun)
  30. back-fanged (adjective)

1back

noun \ˈbak\

Definition of BACK

1
a (1) : the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine (2) : the body considered as the wearer of clothes (3) : capacity for labor, effort, or endurance (4) : the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings <get off my back> (5) : the back considered as an area of vulnerability <the police officer's partner always watches his back> b : the part of a lower animal (as a quadruped) corresponding to the human back c : spinal column d : spine 1c
2
a : the side or surface opposite the front or face : the rear part; also : the farther or reverse side b : something at or on the back for support <back of a chair> c : a place away from the front <sat in back>
3
: a position in some games (as football or soccer) behind the front line of players; also : a player in this position
— backed \ˈbakt\ adjective
— back·less \ˈbak-ləs\ adjective
— back of one's hand or back of the hand
: a show of contempt
— back of one's mind
: the remote part of one's mind where thoughts and memories are stored to be drawn on
— behind one's back
: without one's knowledge : in secret
— in back of
: behind
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Examples of BACK

  1. She was carrying her little daughter on her back.
  2. She has a pain in the small of her back.
  3. I slapped him on his back to congratulate him.
  4. She stabbed him in the back.
  5. He was handcuffed with his hands behind his back.
  6. a bird with a spotted back
  7. riding on the back of a horse
  8. a comfortable chair with a padded back

Origin of BACK

Middle English, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German bah back, Old Norse bak
First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BACK

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with BACK

black, Braque, clack, claque, crack, flack, flak, hack, jack, knack, lac, lack, lakh, mac, Mac, pack, plaque, quack, rack, sac, sack, sacque, shack, slack, smack, snack, stack, tach, tack, thwack, track, Wac, wack, whack, wrack, yak

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