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- The spine of an animal.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The top of a ridge.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- The spine and associated tissues.
- (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 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.
- (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
- (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.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- 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.
- 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
- (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.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (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.
- be in back 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
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine.
- A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops.
- a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
- (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
- (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
- (figurative) One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
- (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
- (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
- one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
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- The spine of an animal.
- The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- The back of the blade on a scythe.
- The top of a ridge.
- (nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- (aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- (Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
- (nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- backbone of an animal
- cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- The spine and associated tissues.
- (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 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.
- (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
- (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.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- 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.
- 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
- (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.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (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.
- be in back 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
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- A flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine.
- A similar structure found in the embryos of vertebrates from which the spine develops.
- a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
- (anatomy) Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion
- One of a series of things, such as steps in a project.
- Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.
- (mathematics) A face of codimension 1 of a polytope.
- (anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
- (architecture) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet.
- (figurative) One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things.
- (anatomy) A smooth circumscribed surface.
- (computing) A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store.
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
- one of the bony segments of the spinal column
- (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
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