Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of back is as below...

Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..

Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

Backing :: Backing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bac.

Back Stairs :: Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..

Back :: Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse..

Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.

Huckaback :: Huckaback (n.) A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings..

Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

Rudd :: Rudd (n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach..

Reredos :: Reredos (n.) The back of a fireplace.

Recidivate :: Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.

Blueback :: Blueback (n.) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..

Revolution :: Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral..

Rewin :: Rewin (v. t.) To win again, or win back..

Bareback :: Bareback (adv.) On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback..

Random Fonts

Most Popular