Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
backed
IPA transcription: [b'ækt]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
backed
Meaning:
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
Synonyms:
backed
Meaning:
used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
Usage examples
I have backed 'Mascot'; you?"
Brion backed slowly away from the man.
Germany backed up Austria to the limit.
But we knew they'd tackle it by themselves if we backed out.
Johnny Chuck backed up against the trunk of a tree and made ready to fight.
And he and Redruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily under water.
The poor wretches have been skinned too long; it is high time the public backed them up.
Thereupon, a dimpling, sparkling lake backed up twenty miles among the little mountains.
"As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered--final."
Wherever I looked eyes dropped and timid hands fidgeted as their owners backed off from my dangerous enthusiasm.