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[ adverb ] in or to or toward a former location
Examples "she went back to her parents' house" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` He almost brought it back all_the_way '' . End Gene_Raesz , who broke a hand in the Owl 's game with LSU , was back working_out with Rice_Monday , and John_Nichols , sophomore guard , moved_back into action after a week 's idleness with an ankle injury . The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American_Football_League starts - a 19 - 12 triumph over the Denver_Broncos - but their visit will be a short one . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)So the Kirov will fly back to Russia , minus a Chicago engagement , a serious loss for dance fans - and for the frustrated bookers , cancellation of one of the richest bookings in the country . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Steinberg seems to have gone directly back to the score , discounting tradition , and has built his performance on the intention to reproduce as faithfully as possible exactly what Brahms set_down on_paper . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Synonyms Examples "his back was nicely tanned" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)So right_away Claude introduced Henri to his famous `` moon '' bench and proceeded to teach him his first Push-Pull_Super-Set consisting_of the wide grip Straight-Arm_Pullover ( the `` pull '' part of the Push-Pull_Super-Set ) which dramatically widens the rib_cage and strongly affects the muscles of the upper back and chest , and the collar-to-collar Bench_Press which specifically works_on the chest to build those wide , Reeves-type `` gladiator '' pecs , while stimulating the upper lats and frontal deltoids . As you can see , in this Push-Pull_Super_Set the entire chest back shoulder area is vigorously exercised in alternate sectors by alternate exercises , so the complete torso remains pumped-up all_the_time ! By this time Henri 's entire chest back - lat shoulder area is pumped-up to almost bursting point , and Claude takes time to do a_bit more pectoral front deltoid shaping work . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)They often fail , however , to develop real abdominal , back , chest , shoulder and arm strength . Arm , shoulder , chest , upper and lower back strength will be aided with the Horse_Kick . |
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[ adverb ] at or to or toward or the back or rear
Examples "he moved back" "tripped when he stepped backward" "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Pete_Ward was sent in_for House and , after failing in a bunt attempt , popped to Howser on the grass back of short . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)You definitely hear some of the instruments close_up and others farther back , with the difference in placement apparently more distinct than would result from the nearer instruments merely being louder than the ones farther back . You definitely hear some of the instruments close_up and others farther back , with the difference in placement apparently more distinct than would result from the nearer instruments merely being louder than the ones farther back . (Mr. America, 4:6...)The `` push '' exercise of this Push-Pull_Super-Set is the Bench_Press done with elbows well pulled back and with a greater downward stretch of the pectorals not possible with the barbell variation . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Drop both hands to the floor and at_the_same_time kick the right foot up in back . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in or to or toward an original condition
Examples "he went back to sleep" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Mary_Dobbs_Tuttle was back at the organ . Al_Smith 's 340 - blast over left in the fourth - his fourth homer of the campaign - tied the score and Carreon 's first major_league home_run in the fifth put the Sox back in_front . A double by Green , Allison 's run scoring 2_baser , an infield single by Lemon and Gardner 's solid single to center put the Twins back in_front in the last of the fifth . Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball_game , trailing only 6 - 3 , but the drive fizzled when John_Edwards fouled_out with men on second and third and two out . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)`` Faith of our Fathers : Mary 's prayers / Shall win our country back to thee '' . |
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[ adjective ] related to or located at the back
Examples "the back yard" "the back entrance" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Although I suggested that you hold the bar at the back of the neck there 's no reason why you should n't make some experiments with the bar held in_front_of the neck . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)Although the tape was run for over 1 hr. , a steady state was not reached , and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built_up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate . A back pressure was then introduced , and the rise or fall of the material in the manometer indicated which was greater , the normal pressure in the block or the back pressure . A back pressure was then introduced , and the rise or fall of the material in the manometer indicated which was greater , the normal pressure in the block or the back pressure . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)This was one place where Moonan could go for a drink in a back booth without anyone noticing him , or at_least coming_up and hanging_around and wanting to know all the low-down . |
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[ adverb ] in or to or toward a past time
Synonyms Examples "set the clocks back an hour" "never look back" "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Have you investigated the possibility of moving midweek holidays forward to Monday or back to Friday in_order to have an uninterrupted work week ? (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)A Virginia judge a while back cited a Roman jurist to the effect that ten years might be a reasonable length of time for such a change . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)They have an ancestry extending back , however , at_least to 1728 , when William_Byrd described the Lubberlanders he encountered in the back_country of Virginia and North_Carolina . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)By an effort of historical sympathy we can cast our minds back into the art of a remote past or an alien present , and enjoy the carvings of cavemen and Japanese colour prints ; but the possibility of this effort is bound_up with that development of historical thought which is the greatest achievement of our civilization in the last two centuries , and it is utterly impossible to people in whom this development has not taken_place . (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)With the universal list as his weapon , Swadesh has extended his march of conquest farther and farther into the past , eight , ten , twelve millennia back . |
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[ adverb ] in answer
Synonyms Examples "he wrote back three days later" "had little to say in reply to the questions" Used in print (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Katya_Roslev , who would be Katharine_Ross so very soon now , rang_up her first sale of the day and counted back the change . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)`` I 'll be shootin ' right back '' . This time Lewis had his own rifle in his hands , and he threw some answering fire back at the mysterious far-off shot , then spent most_of the day searching out the area . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)`` Roger , Sweeney '' , Todman called back , and pulled his four in and slightly above Greg . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)I would have foregone my romantic chances rather than leave a friend sweltering and dusty and - Well , at_least I would n't have shouted back a taunt . |
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[ noun ] the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Synonyms Examples "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The brush moves up_and_down and is small enough to clean every dental surface , including the back of the teeth . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)The injured German veteran was a former miner , twenty-four years old , who had been wounded by shrapnel in the back of the head . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)At these times he felt a kind of pain in his upper chest , but it was an objective pain , in_no_way different from others in intensity and not different in kind ; it was like the bandaged wound on the back of his head which occasionally throbbed ; it was merely another part of his weakness . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Honest I could feel the hair stand_up on the back of my neck like a dog 's that is going_to get_into a fight . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)He had stood at a_little distance , studying her , as though he would walk_around next and look at the back of her head . |
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[ verb ] be behind; approve of
Examples "He plumped for the Labor Party" "I backed Kennedy in 1960" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)A veteran Jackson_County legislator will ask the Georgia_House Monday to back federal aid to education , something it has consistently opposed in the past . Related terms approve champion guarantee side second backing endorsement endorsement subscriber |
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[ verb ] travel backward
Examples "back into the driveway" "The car backed up and hit the tree" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)But he did not notice , and was already backing the car down to the road , saying `` Toot-toot '' ! to the stump of a tree as he passed it , the same stump which had impaled the car of many_a guest in the past thirty years and which he refused to have removed . |
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[ noun ] the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Synonyms Examples : "he stood at the back of the stage" "it was hidden in the rear of the store" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)From the back of the barn it was a simple matter to reach Black 's house without using the street . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)He did not reply , going_on toward the back . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)He pushed stick and rudder and entered the overcast on his back . |
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[ verb ] give support or one's blessing to
Examples "I'll second that motion" "I can't back this plan" "endorse a new project" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Display merchandising , backed by pre selling through advertising and promotion , will continue to make strides in the sixties . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to travel backward
Examples "back the car into the parking spot" Used in print (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)She brought the quirt down , slashing it across his cheek , and he tried to step back . Wilson backed the team into the traces , and wished they were n't going_to town at_all . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] located at or near the back of an animal
Examples "back (or hind) legs" "the hinder part of a carcass" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Place a suitably loaded barbell across them ; grasp the bar ( which will rest against the back of your neck ) ; extend your feet forward and backward until you are in a deep leg split . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] 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" |
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[ noun ] (football) a person who plays in the backfield
Related terms football_player halfback quarterback fullback tailback wingback running_back flanker football |
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[ noun ] the front and back covering of a book
Synonyms Examples "the book had a leather binding" Related terms protective_covering half_binding three-quarter_binding book cover bind |
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[ verb ] establish as valid or genuine
Synonyms Examples "Can you substantiate your claims?" |
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[ verb ] strengthen by providing with a back or backing
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3655
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
Synonyms Examples "the fall broke his back" |
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[ noun ] the part of a garment that covers your back
Examples "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport,american football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
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