Synonyms for backed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bakt
Phonetic Transcription : bækt

Top 10 synonyms for backed Other synonyms for the word backed

Définition of backed

Origin :
  • Old English bæc "back," from Proto-Germanic *bakam (cf. Old Saxon and Middle Dutch bak, Old Frisian bek), with no known connections outside Germanic.
  • The cognates mostly have been ousted in this sense in other modern Germanic languages by words akin to Modern English ridge (cf. Danish ryg, German Rücken). Many Indo-European languages show signs of once having distinguished the horizontal back of an animal (or a mountain range) from the upright back of a human. In other cases, a modern word for "back" may come from a word related to "spine" (Italian schiena, Russian spina) or "shoulder, shoulder blade" (Spanish espalda, Polish plecy).
  • To turn (one's) back on (someone or something) "ignore" is from early 14c. Behind (someone's) back "clandestinely" is from late 14c.
  • To know (something) like the back of one's hand, implying familiarity, is first attested 1893. The first attested use of the phrase is from a dismissive speech made to a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Catriona":
  • If I durst speak to herself, you may be certain I would never dream of trusting it to you; because I know you like the back of my hand, and all your blustering talk is that much wind to me.
  • The story, a sequel to "Kidnapped," has a Scottish setting and context, and the back of my hand to you was noted in the late 19th century as a Scottish expression meaning "I will have nothing to do with you" [e.g. "Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language"]. In English generally, the back of (one's) hand has been used to imply contempt and rejection since at least 1300. Perhaps the connection of a menacing dismissal is what made Stevenson choose that particular anatomical reference.
  • adj supported
  • adj supplied with a back
Example sentences :
  • I've backed The Dutchman to win a small fortune, and I'm going to stand by it.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • At this sound and this sight, my horse, that was shy, backed a little.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Goodall backed me; I got him to write to the admiral; but it would not do.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • He backed, and began to stammer an apology; but she did not wait to hear a word of it.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • And still the circus advanced, and the horse snorted and backed.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • She sprang up and backed from him, horror plain in her wide eyes.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Many's the day, and many's the way in which he has backed me.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • She turned to the window again, and Trenton backed out of the room as best he could.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • I bowed very low, faltered some apologies, and backed to the door.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • The sweat oozed from his shiny forehead as he backed cautiously away.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Antonyms for backed

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