Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or furnished with a back or backing. Often used in combination: a low-backed chair; a high-backed sofa.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In composition, having a back (with the quality or characteristic noted in the first part of the word): as, a high-backed chair; hump-backed; broad-backed.
- In archery, having the back made of a separate piece from the belly: said of a bow. See bow.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete, slang Dead; put on one's back.
- adj. in combination Having specified type of back.
- adj. in combination Having specified type of backing.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of back.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a back; fitted with a back. Used in composition.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
- adj. having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
Etymologies
- From back (noun) + -ed (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Now officials are looking to apply it to other markets, such as those for securities backed by commercial real-estate loans and "private label" mortgages that aren't tied to the big U. S.-backed mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
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“A U. N.-backed war-crimes tribunal is now going after alleged war criminals -- most recently Taylor himself, indicted last month on charges that he'd backed drug-crazed guerrillas in return for access to rebel-dug Sierra Leonean diamonds.”
“Now, Lebanon's western backed, U. S.-backed prime minister, has called this nothing short of a coup.”
“That puts them quite a bit ahead of the alliance backed by the, or, rather, the alliance headed by the U. S.-backed interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi.”
“It became a proxy battle of the Cold War, with the Marxist government backed by Cuba and the former Soviet Union facing off with South African - and U. S.-backed UNITA.”
“Dolorfino said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.”
“He said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.”
“Prosecutors at the U. N.-backed court say he backed Sierra Leone rebels to help gain control of the neighboring country and strip it of its vast mineral wealth.”
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back phrases/hyphens/compounds
backache to backyard
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conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
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SECOND LETTER A
Words in which the second letter is A
Aa, AAA, Baba, Babe, Babel, AAAA, tangential, baby, bach, back, bad, bade and 90 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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