back

back adv

see back, n.

1. In a direction behind.
2. Folded down upon itself.
3. Away; in a direction away from.
4. In response.
5. In the past.
6. Delayed in time.
7. Returning; so as to return; in reverse.
8. In remembrance; in retrospect.
9. Previously.
10. Before; returning in time.
11. Phrase. “lay … back”: restore; return to place.
12. Phrase. “Take back”: withdraw; renounce; disavow.

back [-s] n

OE.

1. Unseen upper part; [fig.] boundary; far side; outer form.
2. Upper posterior side; shoulder and spinal cord area; dorsal part of the human body.
3. Phrase. “Turn one's back”: reject; withdraw from.