back
bak/
noun
1.
the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.
"he lay on his back"
2.
the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear.
"at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden"
synonyms: rear, rear side, other side; More
adverb
1.
toward the rear; in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or traveling.
"she moved back a pace"
synonyms: backward, behind one, to one's rear, rearward; More
2.
expressing a return to an earlier or normal condition.
"she put the book back on the shelf"
verb
1.
give financial, material, or moral support to.
"he had a newspaper empire backing him"
synonyms: sponsor, finance, put up the money for, fund, subsidize, underwrite, be a patron of, act as guarantor of; More
2.
cover the back of (an object) in order to support, protect, or decorate it.
"a mirror backed with tortoiseshell"
adjective
1.
of or at the back of something.
"the back garden"
synonyms: rear, rearmost, backmost, hind, hindmost, hinder, posterior
"the back seats"
2.
(especially of wages or something published or released) from or relating to the past.
"she was owed back pay"
synonyms: past, old, previous, earlier, former, out of date
"a back copy"
