Crossword-Solution: BACK 4 letters, 300 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word Word Type Definition
Back n. 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.
Back n. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
Back n. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from
the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the
body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as,
the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.
Back n. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge.
Back n. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner
or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back
of a hand rail.
Back n. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a
thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a
chimney.
Back n. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts
the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen;
as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village.
Back n. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its
edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw.
Back n. A support or resource in reserve.
Back n. The keel and keelson of a ship.
Back n. The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal
underground passage.
Back n. A garment for the back; hence, clothing.
Back a. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the
back door; back settlements.
Back a. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.
Back a. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.
Back v. i. To get upon the back of; to mount.
Back v. i. To place or seat upon the back.
Back v. i. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede;
as, to back oxen.
Back v. i. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back
books.
Back v. i. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
Back v. i. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to
indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
Back v. i. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or
influence; as, to back a friend.
Back v. i. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
Back v. i. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
Back v. i. To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite
to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
Back v. i. To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; --
said of a dog.
Back adv. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step
back.
Back adv. To the place from which one came; to the place or person
from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something
left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after
reading it.
Back adv. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to
private life; to go back to barbarism.
Back adv. (Of time) In times past; ago.
Back adv. Away from contact; by reverse movement.
Back adv. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to
keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.
Back adv. In a state of restraint or hindrance.
Back adv. In return, repayment, or requital.
Back adv. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking;
as, he took back0 the offensive words.
Back adv. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.

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"Come ___, Little Sheba" 1 answer
"Inside Out and ___ Again" (Thanhhà Lai book) 1 answer
"Spring forward, fall ___" 1 answer
"The Empire Strikes ___" 1 answer
"We go way ___" 1 answer
"___ to the Future" 1 answer
ARCTIC river 1 answer
Be an angel, on Broadway. 1 answer
Before hoe or down 1 answer
Begin to parallel park, with "in" 1 answer
Boston's ___ Bay. 1 answer
Browser command 1 answer
Dorsal area 1 answer
Drive in reverse, with "up" 1 answer
Fill's partner. 1 answer
Football man 1 answer
Forth partner 1 answer
Forth's opposite 1 answer
Give an endorsement to 1 answer
Gridiron runner 1 answer
Gridiron rusher 1 answer
How returners will be right? 1 answer
In town again 1 answer
It makes a stool a chair 1 answer
LUMBAR site 1 answer
Lead-in to lash or log 1 answer
Lion tamer's warning 1 answer
Lower-priced edition of a book 1 answer
Support portion of a chair 1 answer
Move __ and forth 1 answer
No longer on vacation 1 answer
O. J. was one 1 answer
O.J. was one 1 answer
O.J., for one 1 answer
Oft-massaged area 1 answer
One way to lean 1 answer
Opposite of front 1 answer
Overdue, as pay 1 answer
Player in an I formation 1 answer
Player like O.J. 1 answer
Quarter, half or full 1 answer
Rear; support 1 answer
Recent novel by Henry Green. 1 answer
Reverse side 1 answer
Running attachment 1 answer
SPINE of book 1 answer
Safety, e.g. 1 answer
Safety, for one 1 answer
Second piece of bacon 1 answer
Shirt holder 1 answer
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with BACK (5)

Darling did not know, but after thinking back into her childhood she just remembered a Peter Pan who was said to live with the fairies.
Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991
There he lay in all his armor; On each side a shield to guard him, Plates of bone upon his forehead, Down his sides and back and shoulders Plates of bone with spines projecting Painted was he with his war-paints, Stripes of yellow, red, and azure, Spots of brown and spots of sable; And he lay there on the bottom, Fanning with his fins of purple, As above him Hiawatha In his birch canoe came sailing, With his fishing-line of cedar.
The Song Of Hiawatha Henry W. Longfellow 1991
But see the angry Victor hath recall’d His Ministers of vengeance and pursuit Back to the Gates of Heav’n: The Sulphurous Hail Shot after us in storm, oreblown hath laid The fiery Surge, that from the Precipice Of Heav’n receiv’d us falling, and the Thunder, Wing’d with red Lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless Deep.
Paradise Lost John Milton 1991
The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what I myself shall be when I assail thee.” The wounded Lion rushed away in great fear, and when a Fox who had seen it all happen told him to be of good courage and not to back off at the first attack he replied: “You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?” Be on guard against men who can strike from a distance.
Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000
Indeed, those who stare at the half-peck of corn a week, and love to count the lashes on the slave’s back, are seldom the “stuff” out of which reformers and abolitionists are to be made.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992

Quotes with BACK (3)

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in…
Bob Marley
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to …
Elizabeth Gilbert Eat, Pray, Love
Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears." After all this time?""Always," said Snape.
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 157 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).