Etymology : Middle English, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German bah back
Pronunciation : bak
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. dorsal area; part of a chair where the back rests; rear part of the human body (from the neck to the end of the spine); end; defense player (Basketball). support; move backwards, move to the rear. behind, after. adbackward, to the rear; to the past. see:
I gotcha back. back\back\ , n. [f. bac: cf. arm. bak tray, bowl.].
2. a large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
3. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
4. A ferryboat.
5. See Bac, 1.
6. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.
7. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
8. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
9. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
10. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.
11. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
12. A support or resource in reserve.
13. The keel and keelson of a ship.
14. The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
15. A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
16. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
17. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
18. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
19. To get upon the back of; to mount.
20. To place or seat upon the back.
21. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
22. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
23. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
24. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
25. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
26. To bet on the success of; as, to back a race horse.
27. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
28. To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; used of the wind.
29. To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; said of a dog.
30. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
31. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
32. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. In times past; ago.
33. Away from contact; by reverse movement.
34. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
35. In a state of restraint or hindrance.
36. In return, repayment, or requital.
37. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.
38. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" the part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" the posterior part of a human body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" 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" a person who plays in the backfield strengthen by providing with a back or backing establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" 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" 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" in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions".
39. A shallow vat or tub used chiefly by brewers.
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