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To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To move a vehicle backwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- Back up the car a little, you're blocking the driveway.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reverse
Antonyms: none provided
To undo one's actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- I couldn't see how to finish the project, so I backed up and tried it another way.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back out
Antonyms: none provided
To reconsider one's thoughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- This isn't working. Let's back up and think about it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Back up your documents folder before applying the update.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To provide support or the promise of support to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- You should be careful. This guy is backed up by the local gang.
- When he said I wasn't there, I told him I was, and my buddy backed me up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back, support
Antonyms: none provided
For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To halt the flow or movement of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- When I flushed the toilet, the plumbing backed up and burst.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plug up
Antonyms: none provided
To fill up because of a backlog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fall behind
Antonyms: none provided
To run a printing press in reverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: media, printing, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
If a property backs up to another property, that means it abuts or shares a border with another property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- We bought this house specifically because it backs up to our son's school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abut, border
Antonyms: none provided
establish as valid or genuine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Can you back up your claims?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
become or cause to become obstructed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
- The water pipe is backed up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clog, choke off, clog up, congest, choke, foul
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Narrower terms: gum up, crap up, stuff, lug, choke up, block, silt up, silt
make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You'd better back up these files!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copy, re-create
move backwards from a certain position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bully had to back down
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back off, back down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She supported him during the illness
- Her children always backed her up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: support
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: sponsor, patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, help, assist, aid, promote, advance, boost, further, encourage, undergird, second, back, endorse, indorse
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
задкаваць
(zadkavacʹ)
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Belarusian:
даваць заднюю хаду
(davacʹ zadnjuju xadu)
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Dutch:
teruggaan
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Finnish:
peruuttaa
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Finnish:
pakittaa
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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French:
reculer
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Polish:
cofać
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Polish:
cofnąć
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Russian:
дава́ть за́дний ход
(davátʹ zádnij xod)
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
retroceder
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
ciar
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
recular
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
recejar
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
cejar
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Spanish:
reblar
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Vietnamese:
lùi
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Welsh:
bacio i fyny
— To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so
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Dutch:
achteruitrijden
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Finnish:
peruuttaa
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Finnish:
pakittaa
— To move a vehicle backwards
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French:
reculer
— To move a vehicle backwards
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French:
faire marche arrière
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Romanian:
da înapoi
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Russian:
дви́гаться наза́д
(dvígatʹsja nazád)
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Russian:
сдава́ть наза́д
(sdavátʹ nazád)
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Russian:
возвраща́ть
(vozvraščátʹ)
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Russian:
возвраща́ться
(vozvraščátʹsja)
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Russian:
дава́ть за́дний ход
(davátʹ zádnij xod)
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Spanish:
retroceder
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Vietnamese:
lùi
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Welsh:
bacio i fyny
— To move a vehicle backwards
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Dutch:
back-uppen
— To copy as a security measure
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Esperanto:
rezervi
— To copy as a security measure
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Finnish:
varmuuskopioida
— To copy as a security measure
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French:
sauvegarder
— To copy as a security measure
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French:
faire une sauvegarde
— To copy as a security measure
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Georgian:
დაამარქაფებს
(daamarkapebs)
— To copy as a security measure
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Georgian:
ამარქაფებს
(amarkapebs)
— To copy as a security measure
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Georgian:
სარეზერვო ასლს ქმნის
(sarezervo asls kmnis)
— To copy as a security measure
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Māori:
pūrua
— To copy as a security measure
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Māori:
pūrua kōnae
— To copy as a security measure
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Norman:
batchi
— To copy as a security measure
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Russian:
де́лать резе́рвное копи́рование
(délatʹ rezérvnoje kopírovanije)
— To copy as a security measure
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Russian:
де́лать бэкап
(délatʹ bɛkap)
— To copy as a security measure
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Russian:
забэкапить
(zabɛkapitʹ)
— To copy as a security measure
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Spanish:
respaldar
— To copy as a security measure
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Spanish:
copiar a la nube
— To copy as a security measure
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Turkish:
yedeklemek
— To copy as a security measure
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Vietnamese:
sao lưu
— To copy as a security measure
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Welsh:
bacio i fyny
— To copy as a security measure
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Finnish:
olla tukena
— To provide support to
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Finnish:
tukea
— To provide support to
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Finnish:
vahvistaa
— To provide support to
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Spanish:
respaldar
— To provide support to
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Vietnamese:
hỗ trợ
— To provide support to
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Welsh:
bacio i fyny
— To provide support to
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Finnish:
ottaa muutama askel taaksepäin
— For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch
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Finnish:
mennä hilan taakse
— For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket