Memidex - back (reply)
Definition:
in reply
Class:
adverb
Comparative:
more back
Superlative:
most back
Original source:
Usage example:
he wrote back 3 days later
Reference links
Encarta:
back | backs [plural] | backed [past tense] | backing [present participle] | back and fill | back and forth | back of | behind somebody's back | be | get on somebody's back | get off somebody's back | get your back up | get your own back | have your back to the wall | in back [of something] | know something like the back of your hand | put somebody's back up | put your back into something | stab somebody in the back | the back of beyond | turn your back on somebody | something | you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
Summary:
the rear part of the human body between the neck and the pelvis | the spinal column | the area of a vertebrate animal's body on each side of the ... (28 of 1442 words, 38 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
Random House:
back
Summary:
the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. | the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human ... (29 of 1395 words, 69 senses, pronunciation)
Wikipedia:
Human back
Summary:
the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck and the shoulders. It's the surface opposite to the chest, its height being defined by the vertebral column and its breadth being supported by the ... (46 of 1364 words, 5 images)
Wiktionary:
back | backs [plural] | backed [past tense] | backing [present participle] | rear | former | previous | remote | reverse | answer back | backache | back and forth | back away | backbeat | back beat | back-bench | backbench | back-bencher | backbencher | back benches | back-benches | backbenches | backbite | backbiter | backbiting | back-blocks | back boiler | backbone | backbreaker | backbreaking | back-breaking | back burner | backchat | back-cloth | backcomb | back-comb | back cover | back-crawl | backdate | back-date | back door | back down | back-draught | backdrop | -backed | back end | backer | backfill | backfire | back-formation | backgammon | back garden | background | backhand | backhanded | back-handed | backhander | back-hander | back into | back issue | back kitchen | backlash | back-light | back-lighting | backlist | backlog | backlot | backmost | backness | back number | back-number | back of beyond | back off | back on to | back out | backpack | back-pack | back page | back pass | back passage | backpay | back pay | back payment | back-pedal | back-projection | backrest | back road | backroom | back row | backscatter | backscratcher | backscratching | back scrubber | back-seat driver | backshift | back-shop | backside | back sight | back-slang | backslapping | back-slapping | backslash | backslide | backsliding | backspace | backspin | back-stabbing | backstage | backstair | backstairs | backstay | backstitch | backstop | back straight | back street | back-stroke | backstroke | backswing | back to back | back-to-back | back to basics | back to front | back to nature | backtrack | back up | backup | back-up | back vowel | backward | backwards | backwash | backwater | backwoods | back yard | bad back | bareback | be glad to see the back of | behind someone's back | break the back of | call back | cashback | get back at | get off someone's back | get someone's back up | give back | go behind someone's back | go to hell and back | have back | have one's back to the wall | hollow back | horseback | hunchback | in back of | know like the back of one's hand | left back | look like the back end of a bus | offensive back | off the back foot | phone back | put on the back burner | put one's back into | put someone's back up | redback | right back | ring back | rod for one's back | running back | saddle back | set back | setback | shagger's back | stab in the back | stand back | swayback | take a back seat | there and back
Summary:
Near the rear. | Not current. | Far from the main area. | [comparable, phonetics] Produced in the back of the mouth. | [Not comparable] To or in a previous condition or place. | Away from the front or from an edge. | In a manner that impedes. | The ... (43 of 778 words, 32 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
Merriam-Webster:
back | backed | backless | back of one's hand | back of the hand | back of one's mind | behind one's back | in back of
Summary:
the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine | the body considered as the wearer of clothes | capacity for labor, ... (28 of 254 words, 14 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
Wikipedia:
Back (disambiguation)
Summary:
may refer to: Adam Back, British cryptographer | Charles Back, South African winemaker | Chris Back (b. 1950), Australian politician | Ernst Emil Alexander Back (1881-1959), German physicist | Frédéric Back (b. 1924), Canadian animator | George Back... (33 of 250 words, 25 senses)
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