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We have spotted BACK (4 Letters) a total of 91 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with BACK and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
• A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
• In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.
• An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
• The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
• The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
• 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.
• The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
• A support or resource in reserve.
• The keel and keelson of a ship.
• The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
• A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
• Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
• Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
• Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
• To get upon the back of; to mount.
• To place or seat upon the back.
• To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
• To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
• To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
• To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
• To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
• To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
• To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
• To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
• To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
• In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
• To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
• To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
• (Of time) In times past; ago.
• Away from contact; by reverse movement.
• 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.
• In a state of restraint or hindrance.
• In return, repayment, or requital.
• In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.
• In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

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Usage among publishers:

  • Newsday: Dec 1, 2024
  • New York Times: Feb 12, 2024
  • Universal: Nov 16, 2023
  • Newsday: Jul 21, 2023
  • Universal: Feb 28, 2023