Definition of back

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Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

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Unke :: Unke (n.) A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.
Occiput :: Occiput (n.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
Humped :: Humped (a.) Having a hump, as the back..
Hump :: Hump (n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale..
Antero- :: Antero- () A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side..
Hunchbacked :: Hunchbacked (a.) Having a humped back.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
Post-temporal :: Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before..
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.
Back :: Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..
Tergiferous :: Tergiferous (a.) Carrying or bearing upon the back.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses..
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