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- pronunciation:
- baek
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb, adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
The back is the part of your body that is on the opposite side from your chest. Your back is between your neck and your hips.
When my back itches, I ask my brother to scratch it for me.
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| definition 2: |
The back of anything is on the opposite side from the front.
I don't like to sit in the back at the movies because I can't see well.Kevin finished writing his story on the back of his paper.
- synonyms:
- rear
- antonyms:
- face, front
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
backs, backing, backed |
| definition: |
When you back something, you make it move backward.
My mom always backs the car slowly out of the garage. She is afraid of hitting our cat.
- synonyms:
- reverse
- antonyms:
- advance
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| related words: |
adopt, loan, recommend, urge |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
The back part of something is what's behind the front part.
My little sister always rides in the back seat of the car.We heard a knock at the back door.- synonyms:
- rear
- antonyms:
- front
- similar words:
- hind, reverse, tail
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
When you move back, you move toward the direction behind you.
All the children were crowded around looking at the animal lying on the ground. The teacher came and told them to move back. |
| definition 2: |
When you go back to a place, you go to the place where you were before. If you think back to something, you are thinking of something that happened in the past.
My mom and I forgot about the milk, so we had to go back to the store.Diego's grandfather often thinks back to when he was a boy. |
| derivation: |
backless (adj.) |
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