ˈbækˌbəʊn ˈbækˌboʊn ˈbækˌɹest ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d ˈbækwɚd ˈbaɪndɪŋ ˈkʌvɚ ˈkʌvə ˈdɔː.səm ˈdɔɹ.səm

ɪnˈdɔɹs ˈhaɪn.də ˈhaɪn.dɚ pʌnt ˈɹeɪkɪs ˈɹiɹ.wɝ d səˈkɒnd spaɪn steɪk in or to or toward a past time set the clocks back an hour never look back lovers of the past looking fondly backward at or to or toward the back or rear he moved back tripped when he stepped backward she looked rearward out the window of the car in repayment or retaliation we paid back everything we had borrowed he hit me and I hit him back I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher in or to or toward a former location she went back to her parents' house in or to or toward an original condition he went back to sleep in reply he wrote back three days later located at or near the back of an animal back (or hind) legs the hinder part of a carcass strengthen by providing with a back or backing related to or located at the back the back yard the back entrance establish as valid or genuine Can you back up your claims? shift to a counterclockwise direction the wind backed of an earlier date back issues of the magazine (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage place a bet on Which horse are you backing? I'm betting on the new horse travel backward back into the driveway The car backed up and hit the tree cause to travel backward back the car into the parking spot support financial backing for back this enterprise be behind; approve of He plumped for the Labor Party I backed Kennedy in 1960 give support or one's approval to I'll second that motion I can't back this plan endorse a new project be in back of My garage backs their yard a support that you can lean against while sitting the back of the dental chair was adjustable the part of a garment that covers the back of your body they pinned a ‘kick me’ sign on his back the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book the book had a leather binding the side that goes last or is not normally seen he wrote the date on the back of the photograph the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine his back was nicely tanned the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord the fall broke his back the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer he stood at the back of the stage it was hidden in the rear of the store (football) a person who plays in the backfield