NOUN
  • Definition - The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
  • Example - Could you please scratch my back?
  • Definition - That which is farthest away from the front.
  • Example - He sat in the back of the room.
  • Definition - Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
  • Example - The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
  • Definition - A support or resource in reserve.
  • Example - The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
  • Definition - The keel and keelson of a ship.
  • Example - The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
  • Definition - The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
  • Example - The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
  • Definition - Effort, usually physical.
  • Example - Put some back into it!
  • Definition - A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
  • Example - Could I get a martini with a water back?
  • Definition - Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
  • Example - Could I get a martini with a water back?
VERB
  • Definition - To go in the reverse direction.
  • Example - the train backed into the station;  the horse refuses to back
  • Definition - To support.
  • Example - I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
  • Definition - (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
  • Example - I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
  • Definition - (of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
  • Example - I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
  • Definition - (of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
  • Example - I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
  • Definition - (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
  • Example - I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?
  • Definition - To push or force backwards.
  • Example - The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
  • Definition - To get upon the back of; to mount.
  • Example - The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
  • Definition - To place or seat upon the back.
  • Example - The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
  • Definition - To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
  • Example - to back books
  • Definition - To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
  • Example - to back books
  • Definition - To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
  • Example - to back a letter;  to back a note or legal document
  • Definition - (of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
  • Example - to back a letter;  to back a note or legal document
  • Definition - To row backward with (oars).
  • Example - to back the oars
NOUN
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - to back the oars
  • Definition - A ferryboat.
  • Example - to back the oars
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
backs 13
4 Letter Words
back 12 bask 10 cask 10 kabs 10 sack 10 cabs 8 scab 8
3 Letter Words
kab 9 ask 7 cab 7 kas 7 ska 7 abs 5 bas 5 sab 5 sac 5
2 Letter Words
ka 6 ab 4 ba 4 as 2
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