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How to pronounce back
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What does back mean?
adjAt or near the rear.
“Go in the back door of the house.”
Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
“He was on vacation, but now he’s back.”
Not current.
“I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.”
advTo or in a previous condition or place.
“He gave back the money.”
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
“Her arm was bent back at an odd angle.”
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
“Wind the film back a few frames.”
nounThe rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
“Could you please scratch my back?”
The spine and associated tissues.
“I hurt my back lifting those crates.”
Large and attractive buttocks.
“Take the average black man and ask him that. She gotta pack much back.”
verbTo go in the reverse direction.
“The horse refuses to back.”
To support.
“I back you all the way.”
To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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