backed

backed

Dictionary

Tutorials

Encyclopedia

Dictionary

Directory

Dictionary results for: backed

Email this to a friend backed

backed

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
backed

	Back \Back\ (b[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Backed (b[a^]kt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Backing.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To get upon the back of; to mount.
      [1913 Webster]

            I will back him [a horse] straight.   --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To place or seat upon the back. [R.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed,
            Appeared to me.                       --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede;
      as, to back oxen.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back
      books.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
      [1913 Webster]

            A garden . . . with a vineyard backed. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            The chalk cliffs which back the beach. --Huxley.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to
      indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or
      influence; as, to back a friend. "The Parliament would be
      backed by the people." --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]

            Have still found it necessary to back and fortify
            their laws with rewards and punishments. --South.
      [1913 Webster]

            The mate backed the captain manfully. --Blackw. Mag.
      [1913 Webster]

   8. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
      [1913 Webster]

   To back an anchor (Naut.), to lay down a small anchor ahead
      of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened
      to the crown of the large one.

   To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a
      particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other
      horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.

   To back the oars, to row backward with the oars.

   To back a rope, to put on a preventer.

   To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship
      to move astern.

   To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's
      friends.

   To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in
      the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or
      indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend
      an offender.

   To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars,
      paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship
      backward.
      [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
backed

	Backed \Backed\ (b[a^]kt), a.
   Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype
   or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed;
   hump-backed.
   [1913 Webster]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
backed

	backed
     adj 1: having a back or backing, usually of a specified type [ant:
            backless]
     2: having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence" [syn:
         backed up]
     3: used of film that is coated on the side opposite the
        emulsion with a substance to absorb light

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
backed

	44 Moby Thesaurus words for "backed":
   accepted, acclaimed, admired, admitted, advocated, applauded,
   approved, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, cried up,
   crusted, crusty, crystallized, favored, favorite, fossilized,
   granulated, hardened, highly touted, hornified, in good odor,
   incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified,
   popular, received, recommended, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic,
   set, solidified, steeled, stiffened, strengthened, supported,
   toughened, vitrified, well-thought-of

Matching Word(s)
baked
backed