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Definition: Back |
BackAdjective1. Related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance". 2. Located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass". 3. Of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine". Adverb1. In or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house". 2. At or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car". 3. In or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep". 4. In or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward". 5. In answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions". 6. 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". Noun1. The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned". 2. The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph". 3. The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer: "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store". 4. (football) a person who plays in the backfield. 5. The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back". 6. The front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding". 7. The part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back". 8. A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable". 9. The position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage. Verb1. Be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960". 2. Travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree". 3. Give support or one's blessing to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project". 4. Cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot". 5. Support financial backing for; "back this enterprise". 6. Be in back of; "My garage backs their yard". 7. Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?" "I'm betting on the new horse". 8. Shift to a counterclockwise direction, of the wind. 9. Establish as valid or genuine; "Can you substantiate your claims?". 10. : strengthen by providing with a back or backing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "back" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing a nude back, denotes loss of power. Lending advice or money is dangerous. Sickness often attends this dream. To see a person turn and walk away from you, you may be sure envy and jealousy are working to your hurt. To dream of your own back, bodes no good to the dreamer. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | The flat or slightly convex end of a single-bladed axe; the other end having a head with only one cutting blade. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Back (To) To support with money, influence, or encouragement: as to "back a friend." A commercial term meaning to endorse. When a merchant backs or endorses a bill, he guarantees its value. Falstaff says to the Prince: - "You care not who sees your back. Call you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such backing!" - Shakespeare: I Henry IV, ii.4. "Englishmen will fight now as well as ever they did; and there is ample power to back them." - W. Robertson: John Bright, Chap. xxxi. p. 293. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The body of the saw blade, usually tempered steel, to which the teeth or toothed segments are attached by rivets, pins, clamps, or brazing(circular blades), or welding(band-and hacksaw blades). Source: European Union. (references) |
| The surface on a twist drill point which extends behind the tip to the following flute(UK). Surface between margin and heel of twist drill(USA). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Of a saw tooth, the part forming the reverse side from the front. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A system of joints in coal oblique to the bedding, at an angle of about 35 degrees to 75 degrees . Backs are usually perfectly tight and have polished cheeks which suggest a certain amount of movement. Back may be applied to the principal cleat. See also:backs; cleat. b. The roof or upper part of any underground mining cavity. c. The ore between a level and the surface, or between two levels. See also:back of ore d. That part of a lode which is nearest the surface relative to any working part of a mine, thus the back of the level or stope is that part of the unstoped lode which is above. See also:back of lode e. A joint, usually a strike joint, which is perpendicular to the direction of working. f. As applied to an arch, the outer or upper surface.g. The pavilion of a gemstone. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term back is scientifically used to indicate the back part of the human body.
Anatomy of the (human) back
There is a well-marked furrow stretching all the way down the middle line of the back from the external occipital protuberance to the cleft of the buttocks.In this the spinous processes of the vertebrae can be felt, especially if the model bend forward. The cervical spines are difficult to feel, except the seventh and sometimes the second, and although the former is called the vertebra prominens, it is less easily felt than is that of the first thoracic.
In practice it is not very easy to identify any one spine with certainty: one method is to start from the prominent first thoracic and to count down; another is to join the lower angles of the two scapulae when the arms are hanging down, and to take the spine through which the line passes as the seventh.
The spinal furrow is caused by the prominence of the erector spinae muscles on each side; these become less well marked as they run upward. The outlines of the scapulae can be well seen; they cover the ribs from the second to the seventh inclusive. The scapular spine is quite subcutaneous, and can be followed upward and outward from the level of the third thoracic spine to the acromion, and so to the outer end of the clavicle.
On the lower margin of the acromion is a little tubercle known as the metacromial process or acromial angle, which is very useful for taking measurements from. The tip of the twelfth rib may usually be felt about two inches above the middle of the iliac crest, but this rib is very variable in length.
The highest point of the iliac crest corresponds to the fourth lumbar spine, while the posterior superior iliac spine is on a level with the second sacral vertebra. This posterior superior spine is not easily felt, owing to the ligaments attached to it, but there is usually a little dimple in the skin over it. By drawing horizontal lines through the 1st, 3rd and 5th lumbar spines, the transpyloric, subcostal and intertubercular lines or planes may be reproduced behind and the same viscera localized.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Back."
Synonyms: BackSynonyms: back(a) (adj), hind(a) (adj), hinder(a) (adj), backward (adv), backwards (adv), in reply (adv), rearward (adv), rearwards (adv), backbone (n), backrest (n), binding (n), book binding (n), cover (n), dorsum (n), rachis (n), rear (n), spinal column (n), spine (n), vertebral column (n), back up (v), bet on (v), endorse (v), gage (v), game (v), indorse (v), plump for (v), plunk for (v), punt (v), second (v), stake (v), substantiate (v), support (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: front(a) (adj), ahead (adv), forward (adv), advance (v), front (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate). |
Convexity | Tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf; (sharpness); bow; mamelon; molar; belly, corporation, pot belly, gut; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. |
Money | Verb: amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse; (security); issue, utter; discount; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize, monetize. |
Rear | Noun: rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; background, hinterland. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I'm going to whale on my pecs and then do my back. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) It will grow back again (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing? Come back to me- and forgive everything (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) | |
Lyrics | LET ME GO I'L COME BACK (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) If only I could turn back time, (Turn Back Time; performing artist: Aqua) 'til you come back to me that's what I'm gonna do (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin) Until you're back here baby (Back Here; performing artist: BBMak) When I think back, we had a beautiful relationship (Let's Get Back; performing artist: Gwen Stefani) | |
Clever | A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (references; author: Mark Twain) Fight Crime: Shoot Back! (references; author: unknown) Career Minded: Back Stabber. (references; author: unknown) Out of my mind… Back in five minutes. (references; author: unknown) Don't ever slam a door. You may want to go back. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | A bloke's bike back brake block broke. (references; author: unknown) Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. (references; author: unknown) Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers. (references; author: unknown) The boot black bought the black boot back. (references; author: unknown) The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003) Back and Forth (2001) Abigail Leslie Is Back! (1974) Back to Beulah (1974) Marty Back Together Again (1974) | |
Song Titles | My Boyfriend's Back (performing artist: The Angels) Come Back Liza (performing artist: Harry Belafonte) Around The World and Back Again (performing artist: Tom Chapin) WORKIN'MY WAY BACK TO YOU (performing artist: Four Seasons ) When You Come Back To Me Again (performing artist: Garth Brooks) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This slide shows the front and back of a box of Kellogs Bran Flakes. The back panel shows "To Your Health: Preventive Health Tips From The National Cancer Institute". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Three drawings of individuals checking themselves during a skin self exam. First is a man standing, examing his back in a mirror; second, a woman sitting on stool examing her feet; third, woman checking face in hand mirror. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (artist). |
 | Cotton treated with 0.5% Permethrin is collected by rodents to take back to their nests to kill fleas, preventing the transmission of Bubonic Plague & Colorado Tick Fever by such fleas and ticks to other rodents and people. Credit: CDC. |  | Measles rash on back of boy. Third day of rash. Rubeola, morbilli. Credit: CDC. |
 | NOAA-16 Sends Back First Image. Credit: NASA. |  | Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base. Credit: NASA. |
 | Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the ... Credit: NASA. |  | Stretching the Hubble telescope's vision farther across space and further back into time than ... Credit: NASA. |
 | This image was taken by Voyager as it left the Earth-Moon system and looked back. It was the first picture taken by a spacecraft which included both the Earth and Moon. Credit: NASA. |  | Back of humpback whale -Megaptera novaeangliae. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
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| "Stanwood: Stepping back 100 ye" by KATI GARNER Commentary: "Stanwood, WA celebrated its centennial during the annual Fair Parade by honoring its pioneers, caravan-style." | "Back in time" by Andi Teuscher Commentary: "An old farmhouse somewhere in Switzerland. ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. |
Benjamin Franklin | Lying rides upon debt's back. |
Gaius Valerius Catullus | Now spring brings back balmy warmth. |
Homer | A small rock holds back a great wave. |
Joseph G. Cannon | The pendulum will swing back. |
Phyllis Diller | I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard. |
Publilius Syrus | Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. |
Sir Walter Scott | Look back, and smile at perils past. |
William Shakespeare | O, call back yesterday, bid time return. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This is a poor man’s freedom; the more he is beaten, the more he implores, and he prostrates himself as he goes down in the struggle, so that he may come back a little with his teeth. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Nay more, they are reactionary, for they try to roll back the wheel of history. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868 when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember that in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | We cannot turn back. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1952) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Mr. Elton then turned back to accompany them |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | He had hardly done so before the Professor was back again, quite out of breath |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Not the curtains at his feet, nor the curtains at his back, but those to which his face was addressed |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He now drew back, with a long respiration |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The crowd fell back with respect |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Let no worldly shame hold you back. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | My lord, stand back, and let the coffin pass |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The car skidded back onto the road, and went on, but more slowly |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | When I came back, I resolved to settle in London, to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to several patients |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Morning brings back the heroic ages |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Pain in the back between the shoulder blades. (references) | |
In the morning, put the canister back inside. (references) | ||
Then you may have trouble getting back to sleep. (references) | ||
Business | The revenue is being put back into Telekom. (references) | |
But German-American ties extend back to the colonial era. (references) | ||
ICON Group will quickly report back the feasibility of such a study. (references) | ||
Children | Bangladesh | The Center also helps integrate residents back into society and provides vocational training, micro-credits, and employment generation opportunities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Greece | Members of the Muslim community often transport their deceased back to Thrace for religious burials. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | For example, a truck carrying 53 Tajiks en route to Russia was stopped in Jalal-Abad Province and turned back. (references) | |
Economic History | Poland | In 1995, Poland paid back all IMF drawings. (references) |
Cuba (09/01) | In the late 1980s, Cuba began to pull back militarily. (references) | |
Egypt | The HFI had slipped back below 6000 by mid-August 2001. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kazakhstan | The second firm appealed to the MVD to get their money back. (references) |
Switzerland | One police officer reportedly applied his weight on Chukwu's back. (references) | |
Algeria | Rioters were shot with lethal (not rubber) rounds, often in the back. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | It is buying back much of this land, which was settled by mestizo peasants, and returning it to indigenous groups. (references) |
Honduras | Indigenous and ancestral lands often are defined poorly in documents dating back to the mid-19th century and, in most cases, lack any legal title based on modern cadastral surveys. (references) | |
Indonesia | Delegates approved a resolution rejecting the 1969 "Act of Free Choice," which confirmed Papua's incorporation into Indonesia; called on the central Government, along with the U.N. and the U.S. and Dutch governments, to review the process by which the territory became a part of Indonesia and to recognize Papua's sovereignty since 1961; and mandated the Papuan Presidium Council to strive for international recognition and to report back to the congress on December 1 2000, regarding progress toward these goals. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | Reportedly the taunts turned to physical assaults, and many of the Roma fought back. (references) |
Albania | The Roma, and the Egyptians, who trace their roots back to Egypt, are among the most neglected groups in the country. (references) | |
Togo | In each region, members of majority ethnic groups have harassed and attacked members of ethnic groups originating from the other region, forcing them back to their home region. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Some unpaid expropriation claims date back to the early-1970s. (references) |
Venezuela | It has pulled back from these violations, but labor/government relations remain tense. (references) | |
GREECE | In practical effect, the decree constitutes a step back from deregulation of the industry. (references) | |
Political Rights | India | The police fired back. (references) |
Mongolia | In 2000 parliamentary elections brought the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) back into power. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The HDZ engaged in a systematic campaign of threats and intimidation, most intensively in April and May, to try to force Croats to back its drive for Croat self-government. (references) | |
Trade | Luxembourg | Originally planned to be implemented in 2000, this Directive has tentatively been pushed back to 2010. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | The SAG has stated its intent to sell back the shares as the local capital markets are able to absorb them. (references) | |
Uruguay | While it should have been reduced back to 20 percent in December 31, 2000, it was only reduced to 22.5 percent. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Egyptians are a proud people who trace their civilization back 5,000 years. (references) |
Ghana | The Sprint access code is 01900. Call Back Services have also become popular. (references) | |
Nigeria | Visitors can be turned back at the port of entry if their yellow fever immunization is not current. (references) | |
Women | Haiti | The Criminal Code dates back to 1832 and many parts of it have not been updated. (references) |
Ghana | The bill has not gone before Parliament but during the year, it was sent back to FIDA with recommendations for redrafting. (references) | |
Yemen | The family's refusal to accept the woman back into the home also may deter divorce, as few other options are available to women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Turkey | After women are deported, they often are retrafficked back to Turkey. (references) |
Dominican Republic | These private stores make change by giving back a combination of tickets and cash. (references) | |
China | At year's end, eight prison visit requests, some dating back to 1992, still were pending. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Alexander Benedetto | William is lying there sleeping in the guest house there. We go back in. We sit down, watch a little TV, unwind a little bit, go to sleep. |
Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | Well then you're in for a little surprise, because if you push me, then I just might have to push back. Hard. |
Dan Rather | Thanks for staying here. Welcome back. We're going to take a call, go to the telephones now, from Virginia Beach, Virginia. You're on. |
Dennis Miller | Ideally my clone would have the face of that florid used car salesman in Calabasas who screwed me over on that Dodge Polara back when I was in college. |
Glen Campbell | You got me. I never drank when I was a kid, because if you did, you know, daddy would wear the back side of your pants out. |
Marla Hanson | Right. I took four years off to raise my child. Now I'm starting to get back into the writing. I'm actually working on a book this time. |
Rod Steiger | Israel has been very nice to me. They invited me back for the three thousandth birthday of Jerusalem. |
Rush Limbaugh | Way back when the Democrats were accusing us of starving kids, I joked about sending my mother a can opener. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But it will not do to look back, and if the present opportunity is slipped, I am persuaded that twelve months more will Increase our difficulties fourfold. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Standing at this point of time, looking back to that generation which has gone by and forward to that which is advancing, we may at once indulge in grateful exultation and in cheering hope. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Nothing could be gained by it even if each individual who contributed a portion of the tax could receive back promptly the same portion. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Some never moved from their old positions, some are constantly slipping back to the old ways of thought and the old action of seizing a musket and relying on force. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To be back among so many friends is a happy one. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Most of the great events in his Presidency are part of a larger sequence extending back through several years and extending back through several other administrations. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | As most of you know, Margaret and I go back quite a ways. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | This will encourage businesses to accelerate investment and bring people back to work. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let us give this capital back to the people to whom it belongs. |
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| "Back" is generally used as an adverb (prepositional) -- approximately 77.16% of the time. "Back" is used about 97,740 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (prepositional) | 77.16% | 75,414 | 113 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.98% | 20,510 | 433 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.22% | 1,197 | 6,466 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.43% | 425 | 13,445 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.15% | 146 | 26,107 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Total | 100.00% | 97,740 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "back" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Back | Last name | 3,000 | 3,655 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "back". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Gabbai | N/A | Biblical | The back |
| Gibbethon | N/A | Biblical | A back |
| Jogli | N/A | Biblical | Turning back |
| Shechem | N/A | Biblical | Back early in the morning |
| Shobab | N/A | Biblical | Turned back |
| Shoham | N/A | Biblical | Keeping back |
| Zina | N/A | Biblical | Going back |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Back Yard Burgers, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "back": a back number ♦ a pat on the back ♦ allow back ♦ answer back ♦ answer smb. back ♦ answering back ♦ arch one's back ♦ arch the back ♦ argue back ♦ ask back ♦ ask for smth. back ♦ at one's back ♦ at the back ♦ at the back of ♦ at the back of beyond ♦ at the back of one's mind ♦ away back ♦ awhile back ♦ back a bill ♦ back a car ♦ back a colleague ♦ back a venture ♦ back ache ♦ back alley ♦ back and fill ♦ Back and forth ♦ back and forth motion ♦ back away ♦ back bag ♦ back basket ♦ back beam ♦ back bench ♦ back bencher ♦ back berm ♦ back bite ♦ back biter ♦ Back blocks ♦ back boiler ♦ back bone ♦ back brace ♦ back brake ♦ back breaking ♦ back burn ♦ back burner ♦ back cargo ♦ Back charge ♦ Back charges ♦ back chat ♦ back chute ♦ back circle ♦ back comb ♦ back copy ♦ back country ♦ back course sector ♦ back court ♦ back cover ♦ back crawl ♦ back current ♦ back demand ♦ back digger ♦ back dive ♦ back dive layout ♦ back door ♦ back down ♦ back down from ♦ back draught ♦ back draw ♦ back drop ♦ back duty ♦ back e.m.f. ♦ Back eccentric ♦ back electromotive force ♦ back emf ♦ back end ♦ back End Generator ♦ back End Generator Language ♦ back entrance ♦ back exercise ♦ back face ♦ back fat ♦ back file ♦ Back filling ♦ back fire ♦ back firing ♦ back formation ♦ back friend ♦ back from ♦ back ground ♦ back guy ♦ back hand ♦ back home ♦ back in ♦ back in the forties ♦ back influence ♦ Back Injuries ♦ back into ♦ back issue ♦ back judge ♦ back light ♦ back line ♦ back link. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "back": back-a, back-ache, back-acter, Back-acting, Back-acting steam engine, Back-action, Back-action steam engine, back-against-the-wall, back-alley, back-and, back-and-forth, back-and-sides, back-answer, back-answered, back-arc, back-arching, back-axle, back-bar, back-bearing, back-beat, Back-bench, back-bencher, back-benchers, back-benches, back-bends, back-bite, back-biters, back-biting, back-blocks, back-bonding, back-bone, back-boned, back-breaker, back-breaking, back-brush, back-burner, back-busting, back-calculate, back-cast, back-catalogue, back-chain, back-chains, back-channel, back-channelling, back-chat, back-chatted, back-circulation, back-cloth, back-coat, back-collar, back-combed, back-combing, back-comby, back-confirm, back-country, back-countryman, back-coupled, back-court, back-crossed, back-crossing, back-cut, back-date, back-dated, back-dating, back-digger, back-dive, back-donation, back-door, back-doorstep, back-doubles, back-draped, back-draught, back-draughts, back-drop, back-drops, back-duty, back-elasticated, back-end, back-end-of-a-bus, back-entry, back-field, back-fill, back-filled, back-filling, Back-fire, back-fired, Back-firing, back-fist, back-fists, back-fitting, back-five, back-flick, back-flipping, back-flips, back-flushing, back-foot, back-formation, back-four, back-frame, back-gammon, back-garden, back-gardens, back-gate, back-geared, back-glens, back-ground, back-grounds, back-hair, back-handed, back-hander, back-handers, back-haul, back-header, back-heel, back-heeled, back-hoe, Back-home, back-house, back-i, back-if, back-illumination, back-in-form, back-inlet, back-interest, back-iron, back-kick, back-kitchen, back-leg, back-lift, back-light, back-lighting, back-line, back-lists, back-lit, back-log, back-lots, back-marker, back-markers, back-mutations, back-netting, back-number, back-nuts, back-of-an-envelope, back-of-beyond, back-of-envelope, back-off, back-office, Back-offices, back-of-the-bus, back-of-the-envelope, back-of-the-head, back-of-the-neck, back-ordered, back-pack, back-pack it, back-packed, back-packer, back-packers, back-packing, back-packs, back-page, back-pain, back-palms, back-parlour, back-part, back-pass, back-passes, back-payment, back-pedal, back-pedal brake, back-pedalled, back-pedalling, back-pedals, back-piece, back-plaiting, back-plane, back-plate, back-pocket, back-post, back-pressure, back-projected, back-projection, back-projections, back-propagation, back-protection, back-pumping, back-raised, back-raising, back-reef, back-reference, back-references, back-rest, back-rests, back-ring, back-road, back-roads, back-room, back-room boy, back-room-in-a-pub, back-rooms, back-rope, back-rounding, back-routed, back-row, back-rower, back-rowers, back-sawn, back-scattered, back-scattering, back-scratch, back-scratching, back-scrubber, back-seat, back-selling, back-set, back-settler, back-shift, back-siphonage, back-siphoning, back-slab, back-slapping, back-slappy, back-slash, back-slider, back-sloping, back-space, back-spin, back-spread, back-stab, back-stabbers, back-stabbing, back-stage, back-stairs, back-stall, back-stitch, back-stop, back-stowing, back-straps, back-street, back-streets, back-stretched, back-stroke, back-substitution, back-suction, back-sufferers, back-sweep, back-swept wing, back-swing, back-sword, back-talk, back-tie, back-titrating, back-titration, back-to, back-to-a, back-to-back, back-to-back flight, back-to-backers, back-to-backs, back-to-basics, back-to-business, back-to-form, back-to-front, back-to-nature, back-to-nursing, back-to-roots, back-to-school, back-to-the-earth, back-to-the-future, back-to-the-kitchen-sink, back-to-the-wall, back-to-wall, back-to-work, back-track, back-tracked, back-tracking, back-tracks, back-translated, back-translation, back-translations, back-up, back-up area, back-up army, back-up copy, back-ups, Back-up-service, back-veld, back-vowel, back-wall, back-washing, back-way, back-ways, back-wheel brake, back-winding, back-woods, back-word, back-yard, back-yard house, back-yards, back-year, back-zipped. | |
Ending with "back": b-back, black-back, button-back, carry-back, centre-back, chair-back, come-back, count-back, die-back, drawn-back, drift-back, fall-back, fight-back, fire-back, fold-back, full-back, go-back, half-back, held-back, horse-back, humped-back, kick-back, lease-back, left-back, money-back, pass-back, pay-back, peel-back, right-back, scraped-back, set-back, slicked-back, sling-back, throw-back, tie-back, turn-back, turned-back, write-back, yellow-back. | |
Containing "back": anti-back-draught, arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome, blue-back mullet, cement-back-filled, don't-answer-back-i'm-in-charge-here, dust-back pitch, feed-back-loops, ladder-back chair, Lean-back-and-enjoy, Mackerel-back sky, short-back-and-sides, soft-back book, straight-back-over-the-shoulder, turn-my-back-on-you. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
back sunday taking | 3,013 | back door pogo | 432 |
back pain | 2,749 | low back pain | 427 |
back | 1,503 | back draft | 422 |
back door | 1,353 | back surgery | 421 |
lower back tattoo | 1,346 | yahoo game back door | 417 |
back seat bangers | 1,281 | back problem | 407 |