backs

/bæks/

noun

1
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?”
2
That which is farthest away from the front.
“He sat in the back of the room.”
3
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.”
4
A support or resource in reserve.
5
The keel and keelson of a ship.
“The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.”
6
The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
7
Effort, usually physical.
“Put some back into it!”
8
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?”
9
Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

1
To go in the reverse direction.
“the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back”
2
To support.
“I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race?”
3
(of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
4
(of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
5
(of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
6
(of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
7
To push or force backwards.
“The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.”
8
To get upon the back of; to mount.
9
To place or seat upon the back.
10
To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
“to back books”
11
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
12
To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
“to back a letter; to back a note or legal document”
13
(of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
14
To row backward with (oars).
“to back the oars”

1
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.
2
A ferryboat.

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