A Quick and Simple Dictionary

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1. Adjective.  Near the rear.
2. Adjective.  Not current.
3. Adjective.  Far from the main area.
4. Adjective.  (comparable) (phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
5. Adverb.  (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
6. Adverb.  Away from the front or from an edge.
7. Adverb.  In a manner that impedes.
8. Adverb.  In a reciprocal manner.
9. Noun.  The rear of body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
10. Noun.  The spine and associated tissues.
11. Noun.  The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
12. Noun.  The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
13. Noun.  That which is farthest away from the front.
14. Noun.  Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
15. Noun.  The part of something that goes last.
16. Noun.  The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
17. Noun.  The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
18. Noun.  The edge of a book which is bound.
19. Noun.  The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
20. Noun.  (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
21. Noun.  (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing.
22. Noun.  (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
23. Noun.  (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
24. Noun.  (printing) The inside margin of a page.
25. Noun.  (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
26. Noun.  (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
27. Noun.  (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
28. Noun.  A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
29. Verb.  To go in the reverse direction.
30. Verb.  To support.
31. Verb.  (nautical, of the wind) to change direction contrary to its normal pattern (anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern).
32. Verb.  (nautical, of a square sail) to brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
33. Verb.  (nautical, of an anchor) to lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.