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გამოთქმა: /bak/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • 1of or at the back of something:the back garden the back pocket of his jeans
  • in a remote or subsidiary position:back roads
  • 2from or relating to the past:she was owed back pay
  • 3directed towards the rear or in a reversed course:a back header
  • 4 Phonetics (of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth: a long back vowel, as in ‘dance’ or ‘bath’

ზმნისართი

Universal
  • 1in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards:he moved back a pace she walked away without looking back
  • expressing movement of the body into a reclining position:he leaned back in his chair sit back and relax
  • at a distance away:keep back from the roadside
  • (back of) North American informal behind:he knew that other people were back of him
  • North American informal losing by a specified margin:the team was five points back
  • 2so as to return to an earlier or normal position or condition:she put the book back on the shelf he drove to Glasgow and back in a day things were back to normal
  • at a place previously left or mentioned:the folks back home are counting on him
  • fashionable again:sideburns are back
  • 3in or into the past:he made his fortune back in 1955
  • 4in return:they wrote back to me

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips:he lay on his back [as modifier]:back pain
  • the upper surface of an animal’s body that corresponds to a person’s back: the adults have white bodies with grey backs
  • the spine of a person or animal.
  • the main structure of a ship’s hull or an aircraft’s fuselage: Demetrius broke its back on the rocks in a force 11 gale
  • the part of a garment that covers a person’s back: a top with a scooped neckline and a low back
  • a person’s back regarded as carrying a load or bearing an imposition:the Press are on my back
  • 2the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear:at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden a rubber dinghy with an engine at the back
  • the position directly behind someone or something:she unbuttoned her dress from the back
  • the side or part of an object that is not normally seen or used:write on the back of a postcard
  • the part of a chair against which the sitter’s back rests.
  • 3a player in a team game who plays in a defensive position behind the forwards: their backs showed some impressive running and passing
  • 4 (the Backs) the grounds of Cambridge colleges which back on to the River Cam.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [with object] give financial, material, or moral support to:he had a newspaper empire backing him his mother backed him up on everything
  • supplement in order to strengthen:firefighters, backed up by helicopters and planes, fought to bring the flames under control
  • bet money on (a person or animal) winning a race or contest:he backed the horse at 33-1
  • 2 [with object] cover the back of (an article) in order to support, protect, or decorate it:a mirror backed with tortoiseshell
  • 3 [no object, with adverbial of direction] walk or drive backwards:she tried to back away figurativethe government backed away from the plan [with object]:he backed the Mercedes into the yard
  • [no object] (of the wind) change direction anticlockwise around the points of the compass:the wind had backed to the north-westThe opposite of veer1.
  • [with object] Sailing put (a sail) aback in order to slow the vessel down or assist in turning through the wind.
  • 4 [no object] (back on/ on to) (of a building or other structure) have its back facing or adjacent to:his garage wall backs on to the neighbouring property
  • [with object] lie behind or at the back of:the promenade is backed by lots of cafes
  • put a piece of music on the less important side of (a vinyl recording):the new single is backed with a track from the LP
  • 5(in popular music) provide musical accompaniment to (a singer or musician):on his new album he is backed by an American group

at someone's back

in pursuit or support of someone.

back and forth

to and fro.

back in the day

in the past; some time ago:back in the day, he’d had one of the greatest minds I’d ever come across

one's back is turned

one’s attention is elsewhere:he kissed her quickly, when the landlady’s back was turned

the back of beyond

a very remote or inaccessible place.

back o'Bourke

Australian informal the outback.
[from the name of a town in north-west New South Wales]

the back of one's mind

used to express that something is in one’s mind but is not consciously thought of or remembered:she had a little nagging worry at the back of her mind

back someone into a corner

force someone into a difficult situation:I was backed into a corner - there was no way out

back to front

British with the back at the front and the front at the back:the exhausts had been fitted back to front

back water

reverse the action of a boat’s oars to slow down or stop: the exhausted crews backed water and the fleet fell apart

back the wrong horse

make a wrong or inappropriate choice.

behind someone's back

without a person’s knowledge and in an unfair way:Carla made fun of him behind his back

get (or put) someone's back up

make someone annoyed or angry.

in back

North American at the back of something, especially a building:my dad demolished a shed in back of his barn

know something like the back of one's hand

be entirely familiar with a place or route.

on one's back

in bed recovering from an injury or illness.

put one's back into

approach (a task) with vigour.

turn one's back on

ignore (someone) by turning away from them.
reject or abandon (a person or thing that one was previously involved with): she turned her back on her career to devote her life to animals

with one's back to (or up against) the wall

in a desperate situation.

back down

withdraw a claim or assertion in the face of opposition:party leaders backed down and rescinded the resolution

back off

draw back from action or confrontation:they backed off from fundamental reform of the system
North American back down.

back out

withdraw from a commitment:if he backs out of the deal they’ll sue him

back up

  • 1(of vehicles) form into a queue due to congestion: the traffic began to back up
  • 2(of running water) accumulate behind an obstruction.

back something up

  • 1 Computing make a spare copy of data or a disk.
  • 2cause vehicles to form into a queue due to congestion:the traffic was backed up a mile in each direction

backmost

adjective

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