backed
/bækt/
backed is the simple past and past participle of back.
Adjective
backed (not comparable)
- Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
- He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.
- Having specified type of back.
- a high-backed chair
- sway-backed
- Having specified type of backing.
- asset-backed securities
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Meaning of back
Verb
back (third-person singular simple present backs, present participle backing, simple past and past participle backed)
- To go in the reverse direction.
- The train backed into the station.
- To support.
- I back you all the way.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
Origin of backed
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From back (noun) + -ed.
Words formed from backed
- asset-backed commercial paper
- asset-backed security
- backed blade
- black-backed antshrike
- black-backed grosbeak
- black-backed gull
- black-backed jackal
- black-backed water tyrant
- chestnut-backed antshrike
- chestnut-backed chickadee
- community-backed
- factory-backed
- great black-backed gull
- greater black-backed gull
- green-backed firecrown
- green-backed flycatcher
- green-backed gerygone
- green-backed tit
- grey-backed fiscal
- grey red-backed vole
- hog-backed
- lesser black-backed gull
- mortgage-backed
- mortgage-backed security
- northern red-backed vole
- olive-backed oriole
- olive-backed pipit
- olive-backed sunbird
- olive-backed thrush
- purple-backed fairywren
- razor-backed
- red-backed fairywren
- red-backed hawk
- red-backed sea eagle
- red-backed shrike
- roach-backed
- rough-backed litter snake
- rufous-backed antvireo
- rufous-backed fantail
- russet-backed thrush
- saddle-backed
- saddle-backed bush cricket
- shield-backed bug
- silver-backed fox
- slaty-backed gull
- southern black-backed gull
- spot-backed antshrike
- sticky-backed plastic
- stiff-backed
- streak-backed antshrike
- sway-backed
- unbacked
- violet-backed starling
- whale-backed
- white-backed black tit
Phrases with backed
- backed in
- backed up
- backed off
- backed out
- backed away
- backed down
- backed into
- backed onto
- backed on to
- backed water
- backed blades
- backed one out
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Words that rhyme with backed
Questions about backed
- What does backed mean?
- Backed means put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
- What is backed the simple past and past participle of?
- Backed is the simple past and past participle of back.
- What part of speech is backed?
- Backed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce backed?
- Backed is pronounced /bækt/.
Words near backed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: backed (page history and authors); back (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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