English Dictionary

back

/bæk/

verb

(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction. / (transitive) To support.

I need to back up my car so I can park in the driveway.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.

the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back

意味（2）

(transitive) To support.

I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race?

意味（3）

(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

意味（4）

(nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.

意味（5）

(nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.

意味（6）

(UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.

意味（7）

(transitive) To push or force backwards.

to back oxen

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.

I will back him [a horse] straight.

意味（9）

(transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.

Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed, / Appeared to me.

意味（10）

To make a back for; to furnish with a back.

to back books

意味（11）

To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

He hath a garden circummured with brick,

He hath a garden circummured with brick, Whose western side is with a vineyard backed

意味（12）

To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.

to back a letter; to back a note or legal document

意味（13）

(law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).

意味（14）

To row backward with (oars).

to back the oars

意味（15）

(MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).

Sticks and Stones may break my bones

Sticks and Stones may break my bones Not when I back this botty

意味（16）

(Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one's back.