back down
1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" [syn: {back up}, {back off}] 2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" [syn:...
back end
1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside}] [ant: {front}]
back entrance
1: an entrance at the rear of a building [syn: {back door}]
back exercise
1: exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles
back matter
1: written matter following the main text of a book [syn: {end matter}]
back of beyond
1: a very remote and inaccessible place; "you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those"
back off
1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" [syn: {back up}, {back down}] 2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" [syn...
back out
1: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway" 2: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his ea...
back pack
1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: {backpack}, {knapsack}, {packsack}, {rucksack}, {haversack}]
back room
1: a room located in the rear of an establishment; usually accessible only to privileged groups
back street
1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: {alley}, {alleyway}]
back talk
1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: {sass}, {sassing}, {backtalk}, {lip}, {mouth}]
back tooth
1: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: {posterior}]
back up
1: give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" [syn: {support}] 2: move backwards from a certain position; "The...
back-blast
1: backfire from a recoilless weapon [syn: {backblast}]
back-channel
1: via a back channel; "thefailure of back-channel negotiations"
back-formation
1: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
back-geared
1: (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared lathe" [syn: {double-geared}]
back-number
1: someone who is no longer popular [syn: {has-been}]
back-to-back
1: one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn: {consecutive}]
backache
1: an ache localized in the back
backband
1: a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle
backbench
1: any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
backbencher
1: a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
backbend
1: an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor
|
backbite
1: say mean things [syn: {bitch}] [also: {backbitten}, {backbit}]
backbiter
1: one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel [syn: {defamer}, {maligner}, {slanderer}, {vilifier}, {libeler}, {traducer}]
backblast
1: backfire from a recoilless weapon [syn: {back-blast}]
backboard
1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: {basketball backboard}] 2: a board used to support the back of someone or somethi...
backbone
1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: {anchor}, {mainstay},...
backbreaking
1: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy g...
backchat
1: light teasing repartee [syn: {banter}, {raillery}, {give-and-take}]
backcloth
1: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: {backdrop}, {background}]
backcross
1: mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
backdate
1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
backdown
1: a retraction of a previously held position [syn: {withdrawal}, {climb-down}]
backdrop
1: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: {background}, {backcloth}]
backed
1: having a back or backing, usually of a specified type [ant: {backless}] 2: having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence" [syn: {backed up}] 3: used of film that is coated on the side oppos...
backed up
1: having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence" [syn: {backed}]
backer
1: invests in a theatrical production [syn: {angel}]
backfield
1: the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
backfire
1: a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine 2: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker [syn: {boomerang}] v 1: have an unexpected and u...
backflow
1: a flow that returns toward its source [syn: {backflowing}]
backflowing
1: a flow that returns toward its source [syn: {backflow}]
backgammon
1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
background
1: a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background" 2: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her ...
background knowledge
1: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" [syn: {background}]
background level
1: the amplitude level of the undesired background noise [syn: {noise level}]
background noise
1: extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal [syn: {ground noise}]
background processing
1: the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system [syn: {backgrounding}]
background signal
1: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" [syn: {background}]
|
