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[bak], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips
(e.g: he lay on his back)

- the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear
(e.g: at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden)

- a player in a team game who plays in a defensive position behind the forwards
(e.g: their backs showed some impressive running and passing)

- the grounds of Cambridge colleges which back on to the River Cam


Phrases:
- at someone's back
- back and forth
- back in the day
- back o'Bourke
- back someone into a corner
- back the wrong horse
- back to front
- back water
- behind someone's back
- get someone's back up
- have someone's back
- in back
- know something like the back of one's hand
- off the back of
- on one's back
- one's back is turned
- put one's back into
- the back of beyond
- the back of one's mind
- turn one's back on
- with one's back to the wall

Origin:
Old English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback


[bak], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards
(e.g: he moved back a pace)

- so as to return to an earlier or normal position or condition
(e.g: she put the book back on the shelf)

- in or into the past
(e.g: he made his fortune back in 1955)

- in return
(e.g: they wrote back to me)


Phrases:
- at someone's back
- back and forth
- back in the day
- back o'Bourke
- back someone into a corner
- back the wrong horse
- back to front
- back water
- behind someone's back
- get someone's back up
- have someone's back
- in back
- know something like the back of one's hand
- off the back of
- on one's back
- one's back is turned
- put one's back into
- the back of beyond
- the back of one's mind
- turn one's back on
- with one's back to the wall

Origin:
Old English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback


[bak], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give financial, material, or moral support to
(e.g: he had a newspaper empire backing him)

- walk or drive backwards
(e.g: I put the car in reverse and backed down the road)

- cover the back of (an article) in order to support, protect, or decorate it
(e.g: a mirror backed with tortoiseshell)

- lie behind or at the back of
(e.g: the promenade is backed by lots of cafes)


Phrases:
- at someone's back
- back and forth
- back in the day
- back o'Bourke
- back someone into a corner
- back the wrong horse
- back to front
- back water
- behind someone's back
- get someone's back up
- have someone's back
- in back
- know something like the back of one's hand
- off the back of
- on one's back
- one's back is turned
- put one's back into
- the back of beyond
- the back of one's mind
- turn one's back on
- with one's back to the wall

Origin:
Old English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback


[bak], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- of or at the back of something
(e.g: the back garden)

- from or relating to the past
(e.g: she was owed back pay)

- directed towards the rear or in a reversed course
(e.g: a back header)

- (of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth
(e.g: a long back vowel, as in 'dance' or 'bath')


Phrases:
- at someone's back
- back and forth
- back in the day
- back o'Bourke
- back someone into a corner
- back the wrong horse
- back to front
- back water
- behind someone's back
- get someone's back up
- have someone's back
- in back
- know something like the back of one's hand
- off the back of
- on one's back
- one's back is turned
- put one's back into
- the back of beyond
- the back of one's mind
- turn one's back on
- with one's back to the wall

Origin:
Old English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback




definition by Oxford Dictionaries




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