definición y significado de back | sensagent.com


   Publicitad E▼


 » 
alemán árabe búlgaro checo chino coreano croata danés eslovaco esloveno español estonio farsi finlandés francés griego hebreo hindù húngaro indonesio inglés islandés italiano japonés letón lituano malgache neerlandés noruego polaco portugués rumano ruso serbio sueco tailandès turco vietnamita
alemán árabe búlgaro checo chino coreano croata danés eslovaco esloveno español estonio farsi finlandés francés griego hebreo hindù húngaro indonesio inglés islandés italiano japonés letón lituano malgache neerlandés noruego polaco portugués rumano ruso serbio sueco tailandès turco vietnamita

Definición y significado de back

Definición

back (n.)

1.(football) a person who plays in the backfield

2.the side of an object that is opposite its front"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"

3.the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine"his back was nicely tanned"

4.(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

5.a support that you can lean against while sitting"the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

6.the part of a garment that covers the back of your body"they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

7.the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book"the book had a leather binding"

8.the side that goes last or is not normally seen"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

9.the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord"the fall broke his back"

10.the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer"he stood at the back of the stage" "it was hidden in the rear of the store"

back (v. intr.)

1.pull back or move away or backward"The enemy withdrew" "The limo pulled away from the curb"

back (v.)

1.support financial backing for"back this enterprise"

2.strengthen by providing with a back or backing

3.establish as valid or genuine"Can you back up your claims?"

4.shift to a counterclockwise direction"the wind backed"

5.travel backward"back into the driveway" "The car backed up and hit the tree"

6.cause to travel backward"back the car into the parking spot"

7.be behind; approve of"He plumped for the Labor Party" "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

8.give support or one's approval to"I'll second that motion" "I can't back this plan" "endorse a new project"

9.be in back of"My garage backs their yard"

10.give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to"She supported him during the illness" "Her children always backed her up"

back (adj.)

1.located at or near the back of an animal"back (or hind) legs" "the hinder part of a carcass"

2.related to or located at the back"the back yard" "the back entrance"

3.of an earlier date"back issues of the magazine"

4.relatively far from a center or middle"outlying settlements"

back (adv.)

1.in or to or toward a past time"set the clocks back an hour" "never look back" "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

2.at or to or toward the back or rear"he moved back" "tripped when he stepped backward" "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

3.in repayment or retaliation"we paid back everything we had borrowed" "he hit me and I hit him back" "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"

4.in or to or toward a former location"she went back to her parents' house"

5.in or to or toward an original condition"he went back to sleep"

6.in reply"he wrote back three days later"

   Publicidad ▼

Merriam Webster

BackBack (�), n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bag, bak a bark, D. bak tray, bowl.]
1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper. -- Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash. -- Water back, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated.

2. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.

BackBack (băk), n. [AS. bæc, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. bēgŭ flight. Cf. Bacon.]
1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.

[The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave
Into the clouds.
Milton.

3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.

Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this,
Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss.
Donne.

4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.

5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.

6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.

7. A support or resource in reserve.

This project
Should have a back or second, that might hold,
If this should blast in proof.
Shak.

8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.

10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing. [Obs.]

A bak to walken inne by daylight. Chaucer.

Behind one's back, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. -- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be on one's back or To lie on one's back, to be helpless. -- To put one's back up or to get one's back up, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked). [Colloq.] -- To see the back of, to get rid of. -- To turn the back, to go away; to flee. -- To turn the back on one, to forsake or neglect him.

BackBack, a.
1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.

3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.

Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. -- Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has been made up. -- Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. -- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure. -- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. -- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

BackBack (băk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Backed (băkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Backing.]


1. To get upon the back of; to mount.

I will back him [a horse] straight. Shak.

2. To place or seat upon the back. [R.]

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

3. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

4. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

5. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

A garden . . . with a vineyard backed. Shak.

The chalk cliffs which back the beach. Huxley.

6. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.

7. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. “The Parliament would be backed by the people.” Macaulay.

Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. South.

The mate backed the captain manfully. Blackw. Mag.

8. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.

To back an anchor (Naut.), to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one. -- To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated “the field”, will win. -- To back the oars, to row backward with the oars. -- To back a rope, to put on a preventer. -- To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern. -- To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends. -- To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender. -- To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

BackBack, v. i.
1. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.

2. (Naut.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.

3. (Sporting) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog. [Eng.]

To back and fill, to manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny. [Colloq.] -- To back out, To back down, to retreat or withdraw from a promise, engagement, or contest; to recede. [Colloq.]

Cleon at first . . . was willing to go; but, finding that he [Nicias] was in earnest, he tried to back out. Jowett (Thucyd. )

BackBack, adv. [Shortened from aback.]
1. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

2. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

3. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.

4. (Of time) In times past; ago. “Sixty or seventy years back.” Gladstone.

5. Away from contact; by reverse movement.

The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door. Matt. xxviii. 2.

6. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.

7. In a state of restraint or hindrance.

The Lord hath kept thee back from honor. Numb. xxiv. 11.

8. In return, repayment, or requital.

What have I to give you back? Shak.

9. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.

10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.]

Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro. -- To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.]

Sinónimos

   Publicidad ▼

Ver también

Frases

Back Ache • Back Injuries • Back NOS • Back Pain • Back Pain with Radiation • Back Pain without Radiation • Back [any part, except buttock] • Back [any part] • Back-end • at the back • back [any part] • back and forth • back away • back away from • back axle • back bacon • back band • back beam • back bencher • back brace • back breaker • back burner • back channel • back circle • back country • back coupling • back cross • back crossing • back door • back down • back décolletage • back end • back entrance • back exercise • back exit • back filler • back flow • back garden • back judge • back light • back lighting • back line • back matter • back of • back of a chair • back of beyond • back of the head • back of the knee • back off • back office • back on to • back out • back pack • back page • back panel • back part • back passage • back plate • back pocket • back porch • back road • back room • back router • back saw • back seat • back seat driver • back stay • back sth. up • back street • back talk • back tee • back testing • back tire • back to front • back tooth • back trouble • back tyre • back up • back vowel • back wheel • back-blast • back-chaining • back-channel • back-cross • back-end • back-end line • back-formation • back-geared • back-hoe • back-hoe loader • back-number • back-off • back-off shooting • back-packing • back-payment • back-pedal brake • back-pedalling • back-scattering • back-seat driver • back-to-back • back-up • back-up line • back-up service • be back • break one's back • bring back • call back • call-back • carry back • come back • come-back • cut back • cut back on • cut-back • double back • draw back • drive back • drop back • fall back • force back • from way back • get back • get back at • get one's own back • get s.o.'s back up • give back • go back • go back on • go back to • hair on the back of the neck • hang back • have back • have one's own back • hold back • in the back • keep back • kick back • knock back • look back • move back • move back and forth • on the back • on the way back • on the way back home • pay back • play back • play-back • pull back • push back • put back • put back in one's pocket • put the clock back • put weight back on • ring back • round the back • set back • set the clock back • set-back • small of the back • spring back • stand back • step back • strike back • take back • talk back • think back • think back to • throw back • travel back • turn back • turn one's back on • turn the clock back • walk back • water back

Diccionario analógico

Back (n.) [MeSH]

Body Regions[Hyper.]




back (adj.)

front[Ant.]


back (adj.)

noncurrent[Similaire]


back (adj.)

distant, far[Similaire]


back (adv.)


back (adv.)






back (n.)

back; dorsum[ClasseHyper.]

corps du cheval (fr)[DomainDescrip.]

extérieur du corps humain (fr)[DomainDescrip.]



back (n.)

position[Hyper.]

backfield - secondary[membre]



back (n.)



back (n.)



back (n.)

autre élément d'un paysage (fr)[DomainDescrip.]

vitrail (fr)[DomainDescrip.]

place, position[Hyper.]

rear, rearward[Dérivé]

front[Ant.]













back (v. intr.) [cheval]


back (v. tr.)

gager (fr)[Classe]




Wikipedia - ver también

 

todas las traducciones de back


Contenido de sensagent

  • definiciones
  • sinónimos
  • antónimos
  • enciclopedia

 

4714 visitantes en línea

computado en 0,047s