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backed

[ bakt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination):
a low-backed sofa.
(of fabric) having an extra set of threads in either the warp or the weft to provide added warmth. Compare double cloth.
Photography. (of a film or plate) coated with a substance for absorbing light and thereby reducing halation.

backed

/ bækt /

1. having a back or backing
2. ( in combination )
  black-backed
  high-backed

Origin of backed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; back ¹, -ed ³

Traffic up ahead on Myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

These are the kids of the U.S.-backed Pakistani army and they should stop their parents from bombing our families and children.

And make no mistake; they were backed up by sincere religious beliefs.

Reid planted a flag, ready to make his mark in the world of whisky, backed by ambition and a gorgeous piece of land.

He wrote that he deserved to die and alluded to a ominous plan that he had backed out of twice already.

One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.

The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.

I turned away from the bank and raced up a long slope to a saw-backed ridge that promised largely of unobstructed view.

The hump-backed little figure with poke-bonnet and cane was chased out upon the broken landing.

But when Jess had lowered her umbrella and backed into the shop, she found several customers waiting at the counter.

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