Definition of back

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Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another..

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Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
Doris :: Doris (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
Sisyphus :: Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant..
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Reconduct :: Reconduct (v. t.) To conduct back or again.
Report :: Report (v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress..
Unbacked :: Unbacked (a.) Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.
Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.
Recommit :: Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee..
Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast..
Crane :: Crane (n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire..
Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount..
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