backed

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bækt/
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Etymology 1

From back (verb)

Verb

backed

simple past tense and past participle of back

Etymology 2

From back (noun) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

backed (not comparable)

(obsolete, slang) 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.
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
a high-backed chair

sway-backed

red-backed shrike
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
asset-backed securities

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of backed

American-backed

asset-backed

community-backed

ESA-backed

Derived terms

lesser black-backed gull

References

Grose, Francis, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue / Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence: altered and enlarged (London; 1811)

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