backed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bækt/

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• Rhymes: -ækt

Etymology 1

From back (verb)

Verb

backed

1. simple past tense and past participle of back

Etymology 2

From back (noun) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

backed (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (in combination) Having specified type of back.

   a high-backed chair

   sway-backed

   red-backed shrike

3. (in combination) Having specified type of backing.

   asset-backed securities

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Batarians Codex entry:

     Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.

Hyponyms

• American-backed
• asset-backed
• community-backed
• ESA-backed

 

Derived terms

• lesser black-backed gull
• razor-backed

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Backed”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: Printed for C. Chappell, […], OCLC 23927885.