adv
(archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
n
That which is in the rear or behind.
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(obsolete) That which is behind or subordinate; the rear.
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(historical) The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
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(obsolete) The rearguard of an army or other force.
adv
(colloquial) Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.
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Alternative form of back-butter [(transitive, construction) To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.]
adj
Achieved through indirect means.
n
The rear, back, or unseen portion (of something).
n
The supposed location of low-importance plans
n
Alternative form of back-pat [Synonym of pat on the back]
n
Alternative form of backslang [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.]
n
Alternative spelling of backstory [The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person.]
adj
(idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important.
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(transitive, construction) To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.
n
Alternative spelling of backslang [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.]
n
Alternative form of backstory [The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person.]
n
Alternative form of backwater; the water held back by a dam or other obstruction [The water held back by a dam or other obstruction]
adj
(humorous, especially of nudity) Of or involving a person's back (rather than the front or side).
n
(geology) The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.
n
(Caribbean, Jamaica) backing (financial or otherwise); support
n
A dam that lies to the rear of something.
v
(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
n
Alternative form of back end [The rear, back, or unseen portion (of something).]
n
(computer graphics) The back side of a face of a mesh, which typically will never face the camera and can thus be culled (discarded) from the list of items to be rendered.
n
Alternative spelling of bacne [(informal) Acne on the back.]
n
Alternative form of back-pat [Synonym of pat on the back]
adj
Alternative form of buckra [(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.]
v
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
n
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
n
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
n
(computing) A back end data storage; a backing store device.
adj
(of an insect) swimming on its back
adj
Situated toward or at the rear of something.
n
(economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
n
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
n
Movement or exertion of the back.
adv
(idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards [(colloquial) Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.]
n
(archaic) Alternative spelling of behind [The rear, back-end.]
adj
(military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a devastating nuclear strike.
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(figuratively) Anything that supports or strengthens.
n
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
adj
Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms.
n
Alternative spelling of derrière [(chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.]
n
(chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.
adj
Backward; to the rear.
adj
Posterior; in the rear.
n
(Tyneside) The posterior of a person or object.
n
Alternative form of leanback [A seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.]
adv
(US) Outside at the back.
n
(dialectal or obsolete) Something that goes across or over; a transition.
adj
Delivered as if in retreat. (An allusion to the Parthian battle tactic of firing arrows backwards from horseback while apparently in retreat.)
n
(euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.
n
Obsolete form of posterior. [(euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.]
adj
Situated at the rear; posterior.
n
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
n
The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car.
n
(military) The rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.
v
(transitive) Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind.
n
Alternative form of rear-view mirror [A mirror inside a vehicle that allows the driver to see the traffic behind.]
adv
Toward the back or rear of something.
n
(obsolete) The reverse side of a dorsal or dorse.
n
(Ireland, law, specifically) back portion or area behind (a building, etc.)
n
Obsolete spelling of rearward (in the archaic and historical military sense of rearguard and the obsolete sense of haunches, buttocks). [The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up.]
v
To stay close to home or base, avoiding fieldwork.
n
(US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
n
(military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
n
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
adj
That is attached and pulled behind.
n
(dated, informal) An area in the body of a car behind the rear seat, such as the back of a station wagon, storage well in a VW bug, etc.
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