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backed

(băkt)

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.

backed

(bækt)

adj.

having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination): a high-backed chair.

[1350–1400]

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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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Joe blocked, and backed, and slid around the ring, avoiding blows and living somehow through the whirlwind onslaughts.

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He backed up Spitz with his whip, while Buck backed up the remainder of the team.

Twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled.

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Attached to our house were four more and they backed onto a further five.

Tribute to the back-to-back Brummies

2 : to move back <She backed out of the garage.>

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It can be modified from a 100% full-court press, backed up to a "three-quarter" press and even back to a half-court defense.