backed

/bรฆkt/

IPA: /B AE1 K T/

verb
  1. 1

    To go in the reverse direction.

    โ€œthe train backed into the station;โ€ƒ the horse refuses to backโ€

  2. 2

    To support.

    โ€œI back you all the way;โ€ƒ which horse are you backing in this race?โ€

  3. 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. 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. 5

    (of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.

  6. 6

    (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.

  7. 7

    To push or force backwards.

    โ€œThe mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.โ€

  8. 8

    To get upon the back of; to mount.

  9. 9

    To place or seat upon the back.

  10. 10

    To make a back for; to furnish with a back.

    โ€œto back booksโ€

  11. 11

    To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

  12. 12

    To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.

    โ€œto back a letter;โ€ƒ to back a note or legal documentโ€

  13. 13

    (of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).

  14. 14

    To row backward with (oars).

    โ€œto back the oarsโ€

Antonyms

adjective
  1. 1

    Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.

    โ€œHe wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.โ€

  2. 2

    (in combination) Having specified type of back.

    โ€œa high-backed chairโ€

  3. 3

    (in combination) Having specified type of backing.

    โ€œasset-backed securitiesโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/back, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backed