Found 4 hits - Term: backed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
back \back\ ba^k, v. t. imp. p. p. backed ba^kt; p.
pr. vb. n. backing.
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1. to get upon the back of; to mount.
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i will back him a horse straight. --shak.
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2. to place or seat upon the back. r.
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great jupiter, upon his eagle backed,
appeared to me. --shak.
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3. to drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede;
as, to back oxen.
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4. to make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back
books.
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5. to adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
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a garden . . . with a vineyard backed. --shak.
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the chalk cliffs which back the beach. --huxley.
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6. to write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to
indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
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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.
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have still found it necessary to back and fortify
their laws with rewards and punishments. --south.
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the mate backed the captain manfully. --blackw. mag.
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8. to bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
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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.
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see also:
backed backing to back an anchor to back the field to back the oars to back a rope
to back the sails to back up to back a warrant to back water
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
backed \backed\ ba^kt, a.
having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype
or stereotype plate. used in composition; as, broad-backed;
hump-backed.
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- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
backed
adj 1: having a back or backing, usually of a specified type ant:
backless
2: having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence" syn:
backed up
3: used of film that is coated on the side opposite the
emulsion with a substance to absorb light
see also:
backless backed up
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 moby thesaurus words for "backed":
accepted, acclaimed, admired, admitted, advocated, applauded,
approved, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, cried up,
crusted, crusty, crystallized, favored, favorite, fossilized,
granulated, hardened, highly touted, hornified, in good odor,
incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified,
popular, received, recommended, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic,
set, solidified, steeled, stiffened, strengthened, supported,
toughened, vitrified, well-thought-of
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