Main entry: back
Definition: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
Definition: a support that you can lean against while sitting
Usage: the back of the dental chair was adjustable
Main entry: back
Definition: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
Usage: they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
Main entry: binding, back, book binding, cover
Definition: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
Usage: the book had a leather binding
Definition: the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Usage: he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Definition: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Usage: his back was nicely tanned
Main entry: back, backbone, vertebral column, spinal column, spine, rachis
Definition: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Usage: the fall broke his back
Definition: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Usage: he stood at the back of the stage; it was hidden in the rear of the store
Main entry: back
Definition: (football) a person who plays in the backfield
Main entry: back
Definition: strengthen by providing with a back or backing
Definition: establish as valid or genuine
Usage: Can you back up your claims?
Main entry: back
Definition: shift to a counterclockwise direction
Usage: the wind backed
Main entry: punt, stake, gage, game, back, bet on
Definition: place a bet on
Usage: Which horse are you backing?; I'm betting on the new horse
Main entry: back
Definition: travel backward
Usage: back into the driveway; The car backed up and hit the tree
Main entry: back
Definition: cause to travel backward
Usage: back the car into the parking spot
Main entry: back
Definition: support financial backing for
Usage: back this enterprise
Main entry: plump for, plunk for, endorse, indorse, back, support
Definition: be behind; approve of
Usage: He plumped for the Labor Party; I backed Kennedy in 1960
Main entry: indorse, second, endorse, back
Definition: give support or one's approval to
Usage: I'll second that motion; I can't back this plan; endorse a new project
Main entry: back
Definition: be in back of
Usage: My garage backs their yard
Main entry: back, hind, hinder
Definition: located at or near the back of an animal
Usage: back (or hind) legs; the hinder part of a carcass
Main entry: back
Definition: related to or located at the back
Usage: the back yard; the back entrance
Main entry: back
Definition: of an earlier date
Usage: back issues of the magazine
Definition: in or to or toward a past time
Usage: set the clocks back an hour; never look back; lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Main entry: backward, backwards, back, rearward, rearwards
Definition: at or to or toward the back or rear
Usage: he moved back; tripped when he stepped backward; she looked rearward out the window of the car
Main entry: back
Definition: in repayment or retaliation
Usage: 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
Main entry: back
Definition: in or to or toward a former location
Usage: she went back to her parents' house
Main entry: back
Definition: in or to or toward an original condition
Usage: he went back to sleep
Main entry: back
Definition: in reply
Usage: he wrote back three days later