Quotes containing word "back"

• Noun: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; example: "his back was nicely tanned"

• Noun: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; example: "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

• Noun: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; examples: "he stood at the back of the stage", "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

• Noun: (football) a person who plays in the backfield

• Noun: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; example: "the fall broke his back"

• Noun: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; example: "the book had a leather binding"

• Noun: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; example: "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

• Noun: a support that you can lean against while sitting; example: "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

• Noun: the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

• Verb: be behind; approve of; examples: "He plumped for the Labor Party", "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

• Verb: travel backward; examples: "back into the driveway", "The car backed up and hit the tree"

• Verb: give support or one's approval to; examples: "I'll second that motion", "I can't back this plan", "endorse a new project"

• Verb: cause to travel backward; example: "back the car into the parking spot"

• Verb: support financial backing for; example: "back this enterprise"

• Verb: be in back of; example: "My garage backs their yard"

• Verb: place a bet on; examples: "Which horse are you backing?", "I'm betting on the new horse"

• Verb: shift to a counterclockwise direction; example: "the wind backed"

• Verb: establish as valid or genuine; example: "Can you back up your claims?"

• Verb: strengthen by providing with a back or backing

• Adj: related to or located at the back; examples: "the back yard", "the back entrance"

• Adj: located at or near the back of an animal; examples: "back (or hind) legs", "the hinder part of a carcass"

• Adj: of an earlier date; example: "back issues of the magazine"

• Adv: in or to or toward a former location; example: "she went back to her parents' house"

• Adv: at or to or toward the back or rear; examples: "he moved back", "tripped when he stepped backward", "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

• Adv: in or to or toward an original condition; example: "he went back to sleep"

• Adv: in or to or toward a past time; examples: "set the clocks back an hour", "never look back", "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

• Adv: in answer; examples: "he wrote back three days later", "had little to say in reply to the questions"

• Adv: in repayment or retaliation; examples: "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"