Meaning & Definition of Back in English

1. The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

• "His back was nicely tanned"

2. The side that goes last or is not normally seen

• "He wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

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"

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"

6. The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• "The book had a leather binding"

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"

9. (american football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

1. Be behind

• Approve of

• "He plumped for the labor party"

• "I backed kennedy in 1960"

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"

4. Cause to travel backward

• "Back the car into the parking spot"

5. Support financial backing for

• "Back this enterprise"

6. Be in back of

• "My garage backs their yard"

7. Place a bet on

• "Which horse are you backing?"

• "I'm betting on the new horse"

8. Shift to a counterclockwise direction

• "The wind backed"

9. Establish as valid or genuine

• "Can you back up your claims?"

10. Strengthen by providing with a back or backing

1. Related to or located at the back

• "The back yard"

• "The back entrance"

2. Located at or near the back of an animal

• "Back (or hind) legs"

• "The hinder part of a carcass"

3. Of an earlier date

• "Back issues of the magazine"

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"

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"

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"