English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "back"

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Từ điển Collocation

back noun

¹ part of the body

ADJ. broad | lean, slender | muscled, muscular, powerful, strong | bent | erect, straight | lower, upper | bad, stiff He's off work with a bad back.

VERB + BACK bend, stiffen, straighten | stretch He yawned and stretched his back as he got out of bed. | break, hurt, injure | arch The cat arched its back and hissed at the dog. | support | knead, massage | scratch

BACK + VERB arch | stiffen His back stiffened as he saw the photographers waiting. | ache

BACK + NOUN injury, pain, trouble | muscles | support a seat with good back support

PREP. behind your ~ They blindfolded him and tied his hands behind his back.

(figurative) People say bad things about him behind his back, but never to his face. | flat on your ~ I was flat on my back for six weeks when I broke my leg. | on your ~ He was carrying a small child on his back. She was lying on her back on the sofa. | in the/your ~ I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. | ~ to He was standing with his back to the fire.

PHRASES sb's back is turned (figurative) The boss was certain that the staff would stop working as soon as his back was turned. | back to back The children sat back to back so they couldn't see each others' drawings. | a pat/slap on the back He smiled and gave me a hearty slap on the back.

(figurative) She deserves a pat on the back for her efforts. | the small of your back She felt a sharp pain in the small (= the lowest part of) her back. | turn your back (on sb/sth) Actors should never turn their backs on the audience.

(figurative) She decided to turn her back on Paris and return to her home town.

² part furthest from the front

PREP. around/round the ~ If you'd like to come round the back (= to the area behind the house), I'll show you the garden. | at the ~ We could only get seats at the back. | down the ~ My money's all fallen down the back of the cushion. | in the ~ Two passengers sat in the back of the car. | to the ~ The man was refusing to go to the back of the queue. | towards the ~ The arts page is usually towards the back of the newspaper.

PHRASES back to front I had my pullover on back to front (= with the back where the front should be).

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; dorsum

  his back was nicely tanned

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen; rear

  he wrote the date on the back of the photograph

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; rear

  he stood at the back of the stage

  it was hidden in the rear of the store

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, rachis

  the fall broke his back

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; binding, book binding, cover

  the book had a leather binding

• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

  they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back

• a support that you can lean against while sitting; backrest

  the back of the dental chair was adjustable

• the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

v.

• be behind; approve of; endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

  He plumped for the Labor Party

  I backed Kennedy in 1960

• travel backward

  back into the driveway

  The car backed up and hit the tree

• give support or one's approval to; second, endorse, indorse

  I'll second that motion

  I can't back this plan

  endorse a new project

• cause to travel backward

  back the car into the parking spot

• support financial backing for

  back this enterprise

• be in back of

  My garage backs their yard

• place a bet on; bet on, gage, stake, game, punt

  Which horse are you backing?

  I'm betting on the new horse

• shift to a counterclockwise direction

  the wind backed

• establish as valid or genuine; back up

  Can you back up your claims?

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing

adj.

• related to or located at the back; back(a)

  the back yard

  the back entrance

• located at or near the back of an animal; back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)

  back (or hind) legs

  the hinder part of a carcass

• of an earlier date; back(a)

  back issues of the magazine

adv.

• in or to or toward a former location

  she went back to her parents' house

• at or to or toward the back or rear; backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards

  he moved back

  tripped when he stepped backward

  she looked rearward out the window of the car

• in or to or toward an original condition

  he went back to sleep

• in or to or toward a past time; backward

  set the clocks back an hour

  never look back

  lovers of the past looking fondly backward

• in answer; in reply

  he wrote back three days later

  had little to say in reply to the questions

• 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

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English Slang Dictionary

see I gotcha back

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Bloomberg Financial Glossary

In the context of general equities, "Prepare for a very large buyer."

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

backs|backed|backing
ant.: fore forth front