To or in a previous condition or place.
He gave back the money.
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Could you please scratch my back?
That which is farthest away from the front.
A surname.
A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4840).
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of ...
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In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
Wind the film back a few frames.
He sat in the back of the room.
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.
To support.
I back you all the way.
To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.