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backed

[bakt]

adjective

  1. having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination).

    a low-backed sofa.

  2. (of fabric) having an extra set of threads in either the warp or the weft to provide added warmth.

  3. Photography.(of a film or plate) coated with a substance for absorbing light and thereby reducing halation.



backed

/ æ /

adjective

    1. having a back or backing

    2. ( in combination )

      high-backed

      black-backed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • half-backed adjective
  • well-backed adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of backed1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; back 1, -ed 3
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But while those fans have long backed the team, given the chance to return the favor, the team decided to stay silent.

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Many of those waiting to pick up aid may not know that the distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - backed by Israel and the US - are closed until Sunday.

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Libya's Colonel Gaddafi gave up his Weapons of Mass Destruction programme in 2003; eight years later he was dead in a ditch, overthrown by the Arab Spring protests that were backed by Western air power.

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Since then at least a dozen MPs who backed it or abstained on the bill have said they are now likely to vote against it.

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The new group backed by Israel and the US for aid distribution in Gaza says Hamas attacked a bus transporting some of its Palestinian workers, killing at least five people.

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