To put in a position that is not prominent.
To gather and provide background information (on).
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
A wing with which the air is beaten.
An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van).