| inglese > italiano | |
| back | |
| 1. sost. (anatomia) schiena, dorso | |
| 2. sost. retro, rovescio | |
| 3. sost. dietro | |
| 4. sost. area situata dietro ad un edificio | |
| 5. sost. fondo, sfondo | |
| 6. sost. schienale | |
| 7. sost. difensore, terzino | |
| 8. agg. posteriore, di dietro | |
| 9. agg. arretrato | |
| 10. agg. secondario | |
| 11. avv. dietro, indietro, posteriormente | |
| 12. avv. di ritorno | |
| 13. verb. andare indietro, indietreggiare, arretrare | |
| 14. verb. ritornare (indietro rispetto ad un precedente movimento) | |
| 15. verb. sostenere (qualcuno o qualcosa), supportare (qualcuno o qualcosa) | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| back | |
| 1. adj. (not comparable) Near the rear. |  |
| Go in the back door of the house. |  |
| 2. adj. (not comparable) Not current. |  |
| I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine. |  |
| 3. adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area. |  |
| They took a back road. |  |
| 4. adj. (not comparable) In arrear; overdue. |  |
| They still owe three months' back rent. |  |
| 5. adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating backward. |  |
| back action |  |
| 6. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel). |  |
| The vowel of smallcaps - lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England. |  |
| 7. adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place. |  |
| He gave back the money. He needs his money back. He was on vacation, but now he’s back. The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back. |  |
| 8. adv. Away from the front or from an edge. |  |
| Sit all the way back in your chair. |  |
| Step back from the curb. |  |
| 9. adv. In a manner that impedes. |  |
| Fear held him back. |  |
| 10. adv. In a reciprocal manner. |  |
| If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back. |  |
| 11. adv. Earlier, ago. |  |
| many years back |  |
| 12. subst. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. |  |
| Could you please scratch my back? |  |
| 13. subst. The spine and associated tissues. |  |
| I hurt my back lifting those crates. |  |
| 14. subst. (slang) Large and attractive buttocks. |  |
| 15. subst. (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back. |  |
| I still need to finish the back of your dress. |  |
| 16. subst. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back. |  |
| Can you fix the back of this chair? |  |
| 17. subst. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.) |  |
| 18. subst. That which is farthest away from the front. |  |
| He sat in the back of the room. |  |
| 19. subst. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side. |  |
| Turn the book over and look at the back. |  |
| 20. subst. # The edge of a book which is bound. |  |
| # The titles are printed on the backs of the books. |  |
| 21. subst. # (printing) The inside margin of a page. |  |
| 22. subst. # The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting. |  |
| # Tap it with the back of your knife. |  |
| 23. subst. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen. |  |
| I hung the clothes on the back of the door. |  |
| 24. subst. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house. |  |
| We'll meet out in the back of the library. |  |
| 25. subst. The part of something that goes last. |  |
| The car was near the back of the train. |  |
| 26. subst. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team. |  |
| The backs were lined up in an I formation. |  |
| 27. subst. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. |  |
| The small boat raced over the backs of the waves. |  |
| 28. subst. A support or resource in reserve. |  |
| 29. subst. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship. |  |
| The ship's back broke in the pounding surf. |  |
| 30. subst. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage. |  |
| 31. subst. (slang) Effort, usually physical. |  |
| Put some back into it! |  |
| 32. subst. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail. |  |
| Could I get a martini with a water back? |  |
| 33. subst. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides. |  |
| 34. v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction. |  |
| the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back |  |
| 35. v. To support. |  |
| I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race? |  |
| 36. v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. |  |
| 37. v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship. |  |
| 38. v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power. |  |
| 39. v. (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed. |  |
| 40. v. To push or force backwards. |  |
| to back oxen |  |
| The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet. |  |
| 41. v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount. |  |
| 42. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back. |  |
| 43. v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back. |  |
| to back books |  |
| 44. v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. |  |
| 45. v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement. |  |
| to back a letter; to back a note or legal document |  |
| 46. v. (legal, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender). |  |
| 47. v. To row backward with (oars). |  |
| to back the oars |  |
| 48. subst. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. |  |
| 49. subst. A ferryboat. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| schiena | |
| 1. subst. back (the rear of the body) |  |