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BACK definition: 1. in, into, or towards a previous place or condition, or an earlier time: 2. in return: 3. in…. Learn more.
a (1) : the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine. (2) : the body considered as the wearer of clothes. They were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. (3) : capacity for labor, effort, or endurance. Put your back into it!
Your back is your spine, or the rear part of your whole body. When you lie on the grass on your back, you can watch the clouds in the sky above you. There are dozens of ways to use the word back. You might have back pain, or stroke your cat's back.
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1. If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before. The photographers drew back to let us view the body. She stepped back from the door expectantly. [+ from] He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench.
1. To cause to move backward or in a reverse direction: Back the car up and then make the turn. 2. To furnish or strengthen with a back or backing. 3.
noun. the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the head.
Back Definition. The part of the body opposite to the front; in humans and many other animals, the part to the rear or top reaching from the nape of the neck to the end of the spine. The backbone or spine. The part of a chair that supports one's back. The part or area farthest from the front.
[usually singular] the part or area of something that is furthest from the front. She was hit on the back of the head. He kicked the ball straight into the back of the net. The man was refusing to go to the back of the queue. at the back The house has three bedrooms at the front and two at the back.
BACK definition: 1. where someone or something was before: 2. in a direction behind you: 3. as a reply or reaction…. Learn more.
[before a noun] far away; remote: The farmer didn't plant the back pasture. [before a noun] of or belonging to the past: the back issues of a magazine. [before a noun] owed from an earlier time; overdue: She was rehired and given back pay. adv. at, to, or toward the rear; backward: Please step back.
