Definition of "back"
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Near the rear.
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Not current.
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Far from the main area.
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(phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
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adverb:
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To or in a previous condition or place.
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Away from the front or from an edge.
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In a manner that impedes.
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In a reciprocal manner.
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noun:
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The rear of body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
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The spine and associated tissues.
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The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
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The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
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That which is farthest away from the front.
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Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
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The part of something that goes last.
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The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
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The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
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The edge of a book which is bound.
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The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
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Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
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That part of the body that bears clothing.
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In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
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The keel and keelson of a ship.
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The inside margin of a page.
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The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
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Effort, usually physical.
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Large and attractive buttocks.
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A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
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Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
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verb:
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To go in the reverse direction.
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To support.
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To change direction contrary to its normal pattern (anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern).
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To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
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To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
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