(n.) 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.
(n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(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.
(n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
(n.) A support or resource in reserve.
(n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.
(n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
(n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
(a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
(a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
(a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
(v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount.
(v. i.) To place or seat upon the back.
(v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
(v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
(v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
(v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
(v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
(v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
(v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
(v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
(v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.
(adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
(adv.) 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.
(adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
(adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago.
(adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement.
(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.
(adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
(adv.) In return, repayment, or requital.
(adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.
(adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
(2) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(3) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
(4) Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
(5) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
(6) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(7) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
(8) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
(9) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
(10) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
(11) Now, as the Senate takes up a weakened House bill along with the House's strengthened backdoor-proof amendment, it's time to put focus back on sweeping reform.
(12) Anxious mood and other symptoms of anxiety were commonly seen in patients with chronic low back pain.
(13) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
(14) Sterile, pruritic papules and papulopustules that formed annular rings developed on the back of a 58-year-old woman.
(15) A recent visit by a member of Iraq's government from Baghdad to Basra and back cost about $12,000 (£7,800), the cable claimed.
(16) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
(17) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
(18) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
(19) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(20) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
Randy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Randy denton (@RandyHusker) Scarface showing on Spike TV right now.Every channel buried in white powder.
(2) Some singers and writers are understood to write “in character” – Elvis Costello, for instance, or Randy Newman – because the characters they create are so obviously not themselves, and are either highly exaggerated or satirical creations or, in the case of Randy Newman, a monstrous opposite.
(3) The Yankees president, Randy Levine, and Cashman had a conference call with Tim Lentych, the head athletic trainer at the player development complex in Tampa; Rodriguez; and Jordan Siev, co-head of the US commercial litigation group at Reed Smith.
(4) This week people around the internet have taken to photoshopping WWE wrestler Randy Orton’s famous head slam move on to videos of people falling over.
(5) When she refuses to watch it, Randy vomits masticated Member Berries on both of them.
(6) On the defensive side of the football, the South Florida club also added former Houston Texans DT Earl Mitchell (4-years, $16m), who’ll go someway to replacing outgoing veterans Paul Soliai and Randy Starks.
(7) State they’re in This was the season American MBNA credit-card scion Randy Lerner finally announced his Villa venture was over and he wanted to sell.
(8) Several clubs increased their wage bills by £6m or less but Aston Villa actually reduced theirs by £3m from £72m as the American owner, Randy Lerner, sought to wrestle their finances into shape ready for a sale of the club.
(9) This year Randy Ryder will meet his mother for the first time.
(10) Villa Ownership US holding company Reform Acquisitions LLC, sold by Randy Lerner in June 2016 to Chinese businessman Tony Xia, who owns the shares via Zhejiang Ruikang (Recon) Investment Co, based in Hong Kong.
(11) MacDonald , who was interviewed by Randy Lerner, Villa's owner, on Wednesday, has indicated that he would be receptive to working in partnership with a more experienced figure.
(12) Andy Hunter Aston Villa 13th Money to spend Three years ago Randy Lerner smashed Villa’s transfer record when he sanctioned the signing of Darren Bent for a deal rising to £24m.
(13) Large jazz ensemble album: Night in Calisia, Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik Trio and Kalisz Philharmonic.
(14) I saw the video of Garner being arrested, it was horrible,” said Randi.
(15) Profumo was an oddity – a randy politician à la JFK in a dry-balled, homophobic, strait-laced Tory administration.
(16) He told LBC radio: "I am hoping that the real predators are the ones we are going to find out about: the Glitters of this world, the Saviles of this world, not people that were randy young pop stars in the 1960s, 70s and 80s even, that had women throwing themselves at them everywhere they went, because that is a whole different area and a whole different situation.
(17) Today the Birmingham Mail makes one simple, stark request to the Aston Villa board: sack the manager.” Yet his departure still comes as a surprise given the support Lambert, who won the Champions League as a player with Borussia Dortmund in 1997, had from owner Randy Lerner.
(18) Aaron Sorkin publishes letter urging daughter to fight after Trump win Read more The other plotlines are more complicated: while Randy and Mr Garrison have been (mostly) obsessed with the election this season, rest of the town in up in arms about online harassment.
(19) On Monday the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine went to James E Rothman (US), Randy W Schekman (US) and Thomas C Südhof (Germany) for their exquisite work on how cells organise and transport molecules such as hormones, enzymes and neurotransmitters.
(20) Randy Workman saw intimate details of the death penalty that are kept from the public eye in the United States.