What is the meaning of back?

noun

• The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.
  • usage: "his back was nicely tanned"
  • synonyms: dorsum
• The side that goes last or is not normally seen.
  • usage: "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
  • synonyms: rear
• The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer.
  • usage: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
  • synonyms: rear
• Football) a person who plays in the backfield. (
• The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.
  • usage: "the fall broke his back"
  • synonyms: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis
• The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.
  • usage: "the book had a leather binding"
  • synonyms: binding, book binding, cover
• The part of a garment that covers the back of your body.
  • usage: "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
• A support that you can lean against while sitting.
  • usage: "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
  • synonyms: backrest
• American football. ( the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage)

verb

• Be behind; approve of.
  • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • synonyms: endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
• Travel backward.
  • usage: "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
• Give support or one's approval to.
  • usage: "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
  • synonyms: second, endorse, indorse
• Cause to travel backward.
  • usage: "back the car into the parking spot"
• Support financial backing for.
  • usage: "back this enterprise"
• Be in back of.
  • usage: "My garage backs their yard"
• Place a bet on.
  • usage: "Which horse are you backing"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
  • synonyms: bet on, gage, stake, game, punt
• Shift to a counterclockwise direction.
  • usage: "the wind backed"
• Establish as valid or genuine.
  • usage: "Can you back up your claims"
  • synonyms: back up
• Strengthen by providing with a back or backing.

adjective

• Related to or located at the back.
  • usage: "the back yard"; "the back entrance"
• Located at or near the back of an animal.
  • usage: "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
  • synonyms: hind, hinder
• Of an earlier date.
  • usage: "back issues of the magazine"

adverb

• In or to or toward a former location.
  • usage: "she went back to her parents' house"
• At or to or toward the back or rear.
  • usage: "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
  • synonyms: backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
• In or to or toward an original condition.
  • usage: "he went back to sleep"
• In or to or toward a past time.
  • usage: "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
  • synonyms: backward
• In reply.
  • usage: "he wrote back three days later"
• In repayment or retaliation.
  • usage: "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"