Backside vs. Back — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Backside and Back
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Backside
The buttocks; the rump.
Back
The part of the trunk of the human body along and to the sides of the spine between the neck and the pelvis; the dorsum.
Backside
The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly:
Back
The analogous dorsal region in other animals.
Backside
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially an outhouse.
The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.
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Back
The backbone or spine.
Backside
A person's buttocks.
Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside.
Back
The part or area farthest from the front.
Backside
The back side of a page: a verso.
Back
The part opposite to or behind that adapted for view or use
The back of the hand.
Wrote on the back of the photograph.
Backside
The reverse or opposite of anything.
Back
The reverse side, as of a coin.
Backside
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
Back
A part that supports or strengthens from the rear
The back of a couch.
Backside
The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
Back
The part of a book where the pages are stitched or glued together into the binding.
Backside
The side of an object that is opposite its front;
His room was toward the rear of the hotel
Back
The binding itself.
Backside
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Back
A player who takes a position behind the front line of other players in certain games, such as football and soccer.
Back
In swimming, backstroke.
Back
A shallow vat or tub used chiefly by brewers.
Back
To cause to move backward or in a reverse direction
Back the car up and then make the turn.
Back
To furnish or strengthen with a back or backing.
Back
To provide with financial or material support
Unions backed the pro-labor candidate.
Back
To lend moral support to, as by corroborating a claim. Often used with up
I'm not comfortable filing a complaint if you won't back me up.
Back
To be in favor of; endorse or advocate
Backed the reform proposal.
Back
To provide with musical accompaniment. Often used with up.
Back
To bet or wager on.
Back
To adduce evidence in support of; substantiate
Backed the argument with facts.
Back
To form the back or background of
Snowcapped mountains back the village.
Back
To move backward
Backed out of the garage.
Back
To shift to a counterclockwise direction. Used of the wind.
Back
Located or placed in the rear
Deliveries should be made at the back entrance.
Back
Distant from a center of activity; remote.
Back
Of a past date; not current
A back issue of a periodical.
Back
Being owed or due from an earlier time; in arrears
Back pay.
Back
Being in a backward direction
A back step.
Back
(Linguistics) Pronounced with the back of the tongue, as oo in cool. Used of vowels.
Back
At, to, or toward the rear or back.
Back
In, to, or toward a former location
Went back for the class reunion.
Back
In, to, or toward a former condition
When the spell broke, the prince turned back into a frog.
Back
In, to, or toward a past time
This story goes back to the 1920s.
Back
In reserve or concealment
We kept back some money for emergencies.
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In check or under restraint
Barriers held the crowd back.
Back
In reply or return
Emailed back that he would be late.
Back
At or near the rear.
Go in the back door of the house.
Back
(predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
He was on vacation, but now he’s back.
The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
Back
Not current.
I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
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Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
They took a back road.
He lives out in the back country.
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In arrears; overdue.
They still owe three months' back rent.
Back
Moving or operating backward.
Back action
Back
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).
Back
(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
He gave back the money.
I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I'll have to go back and get it.
Back
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
Her arm was bent back at an odd angle.
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In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
Wind the film back a few frames.
Don't forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
This mishap has set the project back considerably.
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So as to reverse direction and return.
The light bounces back off the mirror.
Back
Towards, into or in the past.
These records go back years.
He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.
Think back to how you felt last year.
Everything was simpler back in the old days.
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Away from someone or something; at a distance.
Keep back! It could explode at any moment!
Back
Away from the front or from an edge.
Sit all the way back in your chair.
Back
So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
This tree is dying back.
Clear back all this vegetation.
Draw back the curtains and let in some light.
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In a manner that impedes.
Fear held him back.
Back
(not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back.
Back
(postpositive) Earlier, ago.
We met many years back.
I last saw him a day or two back.
Back
To a later point in time. See also put back.
The meeting has been moved back an hour. It was at 3 o'clock; now it's at 4 o'clock.
Back
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Could you please scratch my back?
Back
The spine and associated tissues.
I hurt my back lifting those crates.
Back
Large and attractive buttocks.
Back
(figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
I still need to finish the back of your dress.
Back
The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
Can you fix the back of this chair?
Back
(obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
Back
That which is farthest away from the front.
He sat in the back of the room.
Back
The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
Turn the book over and look at the back.
Back
The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
I hung the clothes on the back of the door.
Back
Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
We'll meet out in the back of the library.
Back
The part of something that goes last.
The car was near the back of the train.
Back
(sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
The backs were lined up in an I formation.
Back
(figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.
Back
A support or resource in reserve.
Back
(nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.
Back
(mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
Back
Effort, usually physical.
Put some back into it!
Back
A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
Could I get a martini with a water back?
Back
Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Back
(swimming) backstroke
Back
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.
Back
A ferryboat.
Back
(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
The train backed into the station;
The horse refuses to back
Back
(transitive) To support.
I back you all the way;
Which horse are you backing in this race?
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To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Back
To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
Back
To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
Back
To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
Back
(transitive) To push or force backwards.
To back oxen
The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
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To get upon the back of; to mount.
Back
To place or seat upon the back.
Back
To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
To back books
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To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
Back
To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
To back a letter;
To back a note or legal document
Back
To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
Back
To row backward with (oars).
To back the oars
Back
To carry an infant on one's back.
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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.
Back
A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
Back
In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.
Back
An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
[The mountains] their broad bare backs upheaveInto the clouds.
Back
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail.
Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this,Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss.
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The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
Back
The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.
Back
The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
Back
A support or resource in reserve.
This projectShould have a back or second, that might hold,If this should blast in proof.
Back
The keel and keelson of a ship.
Back
The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage.
Back
A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
A bak to walken inne by daylight.
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Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
Back
Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
Back
Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
Back
To get upon the back of; to mount.
I will back him [a horse] straight.
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To place or seat upon the back.
Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed,Appeared to me.
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To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
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To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
Back
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
A garden . . . with a vineyard backed.
The chalk cliffs which back the beach.
Back
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
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To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.
Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments.
The mate backed the captain manfully.
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To bet on the success of; - as, to back a race horse.
Back
To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
Back
To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; - used of the wind.
Back
To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; - said of a dog.
Cleon at first . . . was willing to go; but, finding that he [Nicias] was in earnest, he tried to back out.
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In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
Back
To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.
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To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.
Back
Of time) In times past; ago.
Back
Away from contact; by reverse movement.
The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door.
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In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
Back
In a state of restraint or hindrance.
The Lord hath kept thee back from honor.
Back
In return, repayment, or requital.
What have I to give you back?
Back
In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.
Back
In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.
Back
The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;
His back was nicely tanned
Back
The side that goes last or is not normally seen;
He wrote the date on the back of the photograph
Back
The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;
He stood at the back of the stage
It was hidden in the rear of the store
Back
(football) a person who plays in the backfield
Back
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
The fall broke his back
Back
The front and back covering of a book;
The book had a leather binding
Back
The part of a garment that covers your back;
They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
Back
A support that you can lean against while sitting;
The back of the dental chair was adjustable
Back
The position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
Back
Be behind; approve of;
He plumped for the Labor Party
I backed Kennedy in 1960
Back
Travel backward;
Back into the driveway
The car backed up and hit the tree
Back
Give support or one's approval to;
I'll second that motion
I can't back this plan
Endorse a new project
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Cause to travel backward;
Back the car into the parking spot
Back
Support financial backing for;
Back this enterprise
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Be in back of;
My garage backs their yard
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Place a bet on;
Which horse are you backing?
I'm betting on the new horse
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Shift to a counterclockwise direction;
The wind backed
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Establish as valid or genuine;
Can you back up your claims?
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Strengthen by providing with a back or backing
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Related to or located at the back;
The back yard
The back entrance
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Located at or near the back of an animal;
Back (or hind) legs
The hinder part of a carcass
Back
Of an earlier date;
Back issues of the magazine
Back
In or to or toward a former location;
She went back to her parents' house
Back
At or to or toward the back or rear;
He moved back
Tripped when he stepped backward
She looked rearward out the window of the car
Back
In or to or toward an original condition;
He went back to sleep
Back
In or to or toward a past time;
Set the clocks back an hour
Never look back
Lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Back
In answer;
He wrote back three days later
Had little to say in reply to the questions
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In repayment or retaliation;
We paid back everything we had borrowed
He hit me and I hit him back
I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher
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