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).
Not current.
Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
At or near the rear.
Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
Moving or operating backward.
In arrears; overdue.
To go in the reverse direction.
To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
To push or force backwards.
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
To support.
To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
To row backward with (oars).
To carry an infant on one's back.
Effort, usually physical.
The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
The keel and keelson of a ship.
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.
The part of something that goes last.
The spine and associated tissues.
The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
A ferryboat.
The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
Large and attractive buttocks.
The inside margin of a page.
The edge of a book which is bound.
In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
A support or resource in reserve.
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
That which is farthest away from the front.
The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
So as to reverse direction and return.
Away from someone or something; at a distance.
Away from the front or from an edge.
In a manner that impedes.
In a reciprocal manner; in return.
So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
To a later point in time. See also put back.
Towards, into or in the past.
To or in a previous condition or place.
Earlier, ago.
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Before now; ago.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.