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backed  (bkt)
adj.
Having or furnished with a back or backing. Often used in combination: a low-backed chair; a high-backed sofa.
backed [bækt]
adj
a.  having a back or backing
b.  (in combination) high-backed black-backed
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Adj.1.backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
backless - lacking a back; "a stool is a backless and armless seat"
2.backed - used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
coated - having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination; "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing"; "sugar-coated pills"


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The fly moved out of the way, the motor backed, turned a little, backed again, and turned in the narrow road.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
The Three Persons, bowing profoundly, backed out of the presence; but soon afterward they desired another audience, and, on being readmitted, said, through their Spokesman:
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
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