back

1. back (adj) — sense 1

Definition: At or near the rear.

Example: Go in the back door of the house.

2. back (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.

Example: He was on vacation, but now he’s back.

3. back (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Not current.

Example: I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.

4. back (adv) — sense 4

Definition: To or in a previous condition or place.

Example: He gave back the money.

5. back (adv) — sense 5

Definition: In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.

Example: Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.

6. back (adv) — sense 6

Definition: In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.

Example: Wind the film back a few frames.

7. back (noun) — sense 7

Definition: The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

Example: Could you please scratch my back?

8. back (noun) — sense 8

Definition: The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.: The spine and associated tissues.

Example: I hurt my back lifting those crates.

9. back (noun) — sense 9

Definition: The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.: Large and attractive buttocks.

Example: Take the average black man and ask him that.
She gotta pack much back.

10. back (verb) — sense 10

Definition: To go in the reverse direction.

Example: The train backed into the station.

11. back (verb) — sense 11

Definition: To support.

Example: I back you all the way.

12. back (verb) — sense 12

Definition: To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.