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Spelling: [bakt]

IPA: /bækt/

Backed is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in backed (abcdek).

Definitions for backed

noun

1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
2. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back.
3. the rear portion of any part of the body:
4. the whole body, with reference to clothing:
5. ability for labor; effort; endurance:
6. the part opposite to or farthest from the front; the rear part:
7. the part that forms the rear of any object or structure:
8. the part that covers the back:
9. the spine or backbone:
10. any rear part of an object serving to support, protect, etc.:
11. Nautical, Aeronautics. the forward side of a propeller blade (opposed to face (def 20.)).
12. Aeronautics. the top part or upper surface of an aircraft, especially of its fuselage.
13. Bookbinding. the edge of a book formed where its sections are bound together.
14. the backs, grounds along the River Cam in back of certain colleges at Cambridge University in England: noted for their great beauty.
15. Architecture. extrados.
16. Carpentry. the upper side of a joist, rafter, handrail, etc. the area of interior wall between a window stool and the floor.
17. Mining. the roof of a stope or drift.
18. Sports. a player whose regular position is behind that of players who make initial contact with the opposing team, as behind the forward line in football or nearest the player's own goal in polo. the position occupied by this player.

Idioms

1. back and fill, Nautical. to trim the sails of a boat so that the wind strikes them first on the forward and then on the after side. to change one's opinion or position; vacillate.
2. back and forth, South Midland U.S. to go back and forth, as in running errands or visiting: to work in an aimless or ineffective way; expend effort with little result.
3. back water, Nautical. to reverse the direction of a vessel. to retreat from a position; withdraw an opinion:
4. be flat on one's back, to be helpless or beaten: to be confined to one's bed because of illness.
5. behind one's back, in one's absence; without one's knowledge; treacherously; secretly:
6. break someone's back, to cause a person to fail, especially to cause to become bankrupt:
7. break the back of, to complete the principal or hardest part of (a project, one's work, etc.): to overcome; defeat:
8. get off one's back, Informal. to cease to find fault with or to disturb someone:
9. get one's back up, Informal. to become annoyed; take offense:
10. get / have / watch someone’s back, Informal. to help and protect someone if necessary, especially in a time of trouble: Also, have got someone's back.
11. have one's back to the wall, to be in a difficult or hopeless situation.
12. in back of, behind: Also, back of.
13. on one's back, Informal. finding fault with or disturbing someone:
14. pat on the back. pat1 (defs 9, 11).
15. a stab in the back. stab (def 12).
16. stab someone in the back. stab (def 13).
17. turn one's back on, to forsake or neglect: to leave behind, as in anger.

adjective

1. having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination):
2. (of fabric) having an extra set of threads in either the warp or the weft to provide added warmth. Compare double cloth.
3. Photography. (of a film or plate) coated with a substance for absorbing light and thereby reducing halation.
4. situated at or in the rear:
5. far away or removed from the front or main area, position, or rank; remote:
6. belonging to the past:
7. in arrears; overdue:
8. coming or going back; moving backward:
9. Navigation. reciprocal (def 7).
10. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) produced with the tongue articulating in the back part of the mouth, as in either of the sounds of go.

Verb phrases

1. back away, to retreat; withdraw:
2. back down, to abandon an argument, opinion, or claim; withdraw; retreat:
3. back off, to back down: Textiles. to reverse (the spindle) in mule spinning prior to winding on the newly spun length of yarn.
4. back out (of), to fail to keep an engagement or promise; withdraw from; abandon:
5. back up, to bring (a stream of traffic) to a standstill: Printing. to print a sheet again on its other side. Printing. to fill in (the thin copper shell of an electrotype) with metal in order to strengthen it. to move backward: to reinforce: to support or confirm: Computers. to duplicate (a file or a program) as a precaution against failure.
6. back up for, Australian Informal. to return for more of, as another helping of food.

verb (used with object)

1. to support, as with authority, influence, help, or money (often followed by up):
2. to bet on:
3. to cause to move backward (often followed by up):
4. to furnish with a back:
5. to lie at the back of; form a back or background for:
6. to provide with an accompaniment:
7. to get upon the back of; mount.
8. to write or print on the back of; endorse; countersign.
9. Carpentry. to attach strips of wood to the upper edge of (a joist or rafter) to bring it to a desired level.
10. Nautical. to alter the position of (a sail) so that the wind will strike the forward face. to brace (yards) in backing a sail. to reinforce the hold of (an anchor) by means of a smaller one attached to it and dropped farther away.

verb (used without object)

1. to go or move backward (often followed by up).
2. Nautical. (of wind) to change direction counterclockwise (opposed to veer).

Origin of backed

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at back¹, -ed³

Examples for backed

And still the circus advanced, and the horse snorted and backed.

He wrote that he deserved to die and alluded to a ominous plan that he had backed out of twice already.

He backed, and began to stammer an apology; but she did not wait to hear a word of it.

I've backed The Dutchman to win a small fortune, and I'm going to stand by it.

Traffic up ahead on Myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

Reid planted a flag, ready to make his mark in the world of whisky, backed by ambition and a gorgeous piece of land.

They backed him when the Sandinistas tried to establish their own Cuban-inspired dictatorship.

And make no mistake; they were backed up by sincere religious beliefs.

Goodall backed me; I got him to write to the admiral; but it would not do.

At this sound and this sight, my horse, that was shy, backed a little.