Palavras em English para 'Behind'
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- Behind.
- In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
- Subsequently to and considering.
- Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
- (Ireland, Newfoundland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity.
- (in reduplicative expressions) Repeatedly, seemingly in a sequence without end.
- Subsequently to and in spite of.
- In pursuit of, seeking.
- Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
- Subsequently to and as a result of.
- (often with verbs related to cleaning or tidying) Subsequently to the actions of (someone), in order to remedy a situation.
- Below, often next below, in importance or rank.
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- be in back of
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- 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.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
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- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
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- be behind; approve of
- sign as evidence of legal transfer
- give support or one's approval to
- guarantee as meeting a certain standard
- (medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.
- (transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
- (transitive, UK, law) To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
- (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
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- be behind; approve of
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- support materially or financially
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
noun
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
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- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
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- the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- (specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).
- A rope or cable used in towing.
- Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
- The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
- (motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
- An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
- Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
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- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
- (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- (anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the back of a military formation or procession
- the side of an object that is opposite its front
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
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- (transitive) To move; stir.
- (transitive, vulgar, British) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
- (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
- (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
- (transitive, of geese) To carve.
- (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- cause to rise up
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
- rise up
- construct, build, or erect
- look after a child until it is an adult
verb
- to rear
- hold and prevent from leaving
- supply with room and board
- retain possession of
- prevent the action or expression of
- behave as expected during holidays or rites
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- store or keep customarily
- maintain for use and service
- retain rights to
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- have as a supply
- supply with necessities and support
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- fail to spoil or rot
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- conform one's action or practice to
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- prevent (food) from rotting
- (transitive, Singapore, Wales) To put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.
- (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- (of living things) To raise; to care for.
- To restrain.
- (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To continue.
- (copulative) To remain in a state.
noun
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the financial means whereby one lives
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
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- The rear, back-end.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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- in or to or toward the rear
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
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- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
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- (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
- (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
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- Late or behindhand.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- (figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- (often in negative constructions) Reluctant or unwilling to advance or act; shy.
- (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Retarded in development; not as advanced as would be expected.
- (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- retarded in intellectual development
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- having made less than normal progress
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
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- In a reversed order or sequence.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- (figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- Toward or into the past.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
- in or to or toward a past time
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- The rear, back-end.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adv
- in or to or toward the rear
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
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- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
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- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
- (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- (anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the back of a military formation or procession
- the side of an object that is opposite its front
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
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- (transitive) To move; stir.
- (transitive, vulgar, British) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
- (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
- (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
- (transitive, of geese) To carve.
- (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- cause to rise up
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
- rise up
- construct, build, or erect
- look after a child until it is an adult
verb
- be in back of
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- 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.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
- be behind; approve of
- sign as evidence of legal transfer
- give support or one's approval to
- guarantee as meeting a certain standard
- (medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.
- (transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
- (transitive, UK, law) To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
- (transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
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- be behind; approve of
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- support materially or financially
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
noun
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
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- the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- (specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).
- A rope or cable used in towing.
- Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
- The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
- (motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
- An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
- Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
verb
- to rear
- hold and prevent from leaving
- supply with room and board
- retain possession of
- prevent the action or expression of
- behave as expected during holidays or rites
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- store or keep customarily
- maintain for use and service
- retain rights to
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- have as a supply
- supply with necessities and support
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- fail to spoil or rot
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- conform one's action or practice to
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- prevent (food) from rotting
- (transitive, Singapore, Wales) To put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.
- (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- (of living things) To raise; to care for.
- To restrain.
- (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To continue.
- (copulative) To remain in a state.
noun
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the financial means whereby one lives
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
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- (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
- (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
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- Behind.
- In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
- Subsequently to and considering.
- Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
- (Ireland, Newfoundland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity.
- (in reduplicative expressions) Repeatedly, seemingly in a sequence without end.
- Subsequently to and in spite of.
- In pursuit of, seeking.
- Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
- Subsequently to and as a result of.
- (often with verbs related to cleaning or tidying) Subsequently to the actions of (someone), in order to remedy a situation.
- Below, often next below, in importance or rank.
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- a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats
- an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
- Two draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other.
- (uncountable, education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
- (countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable), close collaboration.
- (medicine) A hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus to treat gynecological cancer.
- (countable) A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing pulling power but only the animal in front being able to steer.
- A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.
- (specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).
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- The rear, back-end.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
- (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
adv
- in or to or toward the rear
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- in or into an inferior position
- in debt
- remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from
- showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
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- (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal) Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
- (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
- After in time.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- In support of.
- After in physical progress or distance.
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- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
- (military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- (anatomy) The buttocks or bottom.
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the back of a military formation or procession
- the side of an object that is opposite its front
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
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- (transitive) To move; stir.
- (transitive, vulgar, British) To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- (intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.
- (transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- (intransitive, usually with "up") To get angry.
- (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- (transitive, rare) To construct by building; to set up
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- (intransitive) To rise high above, tower above.
- (transitive, of geese) To carve.
- (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (transitive, rare) To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- cause to rise up
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
- rise up
- construct, build, or erect
- look after a child until it is an adult
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- Late or behindhand.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- (figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- (often in negative constructions) Reluctant or unwilling to advance or act; shy.
- (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Retarded in development; not as advanced as would be expected.
- (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- retarded in intellectual development
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- having made less than normal progress
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
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- In a reversed order or sequence.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- (figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- Toward or into the past.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
- in or to or toward a past time