Results for back

Definition of back:

• part of speech: (adjective)

  Toward the rear; in an opposite direction.

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To put backward; get on the back of; stand at the back of; sustain.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A brewers vat or large open tub for containing beer; a ferry- boat.

• part of speech: (noun)

  The upper part in animals, and the hinder part in man; the rear; the part out of sight; a miners term for joints; that part of a mineral lode nearest the surface.

• part of speech: (adjective)

  That is situated behind; previous.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To mount; to support; to put or move back.

• part of speech: (noun)

  The hinder part of the body in man, and the upper part in animals; the rear.

• part of speech: (adverb)

  To the place from whence one came; to a former state or condition; behind; not advancing again.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To go backward.

Usage examples for back:

“ I don't do anything at the back of your house. ” Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles, - Mrs. Henry Wood.