What part of speech is backs?

Backs can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. backs is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of back (infinitive).
  • 2. backs is a noun, plural of back.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does backs mean?

Definitions

Verb
back - be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
back - travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
back - support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
back - strengthen by providing with a back or backing
back - cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
back - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
back - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
back - give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
back - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

Noun
back - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
back - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
back - (football) a person who plays in the backfield
back - a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
back - the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
back - the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
back - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
back - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
back - the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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Examples of backs

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1. noun It might just be coincidence or the fact those great big trotters with those extremely long backs lost a bit of fine coordination to get those gangly bodies around those tighter turns.
2. noun Snacks: uninspired bread, tea backs, and individual coffee things for a machine that didn't exist.
3. noun Banks will try to lend you an umbrella on a sunny day, but they will turn their backs on a rainy day.
4. noun As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.
5. noun We must not speak ill of others behind their backs.
6. noun You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.
7. noun You should not speak of others behind their backs.
8. noun You shouldn't talk about people behind their backs.
9. noun We have our backs to the wall.
10. noun They set up their backs against the claim.
11. noun You ought not to speak ill of others behind their backs.
12. noun Never speak ill of others behind their backs.
13. noun Don't talk about people behind their backs.
14. noun The sun beat down on our necks and backs.
15. noun It is not right to criticize people behind their backs.
16. verb You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
17. verb That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?
18. verb Jane never backs down.
19. verb Information sometimes varies dramatically according to format: my news feed truncated the last word of the headline "Ex-boyfriend backs Cain accuser".
20. verb Tom always looks in the rearview mirror before he backs up.
21. verb Tom never backs down.
22. verb Mary always looks in the rearview mirror before she backs up.
23. verb I hope that Tom backs down.
24. verb I hope Tom backs down.
25. verb Algeria backs the diplomatic effort to solve the Libyan crisis.
26. verb Algeria backs ambitious climate targets.
27. verb Tom backs the old guard of the organization.
28. verb The Chinese government backs the military coup in Myanmar.
29. verb Algeria backs Western Sahara.
30. verb Algeria backs Sahrawis.
Sentence  
noun
It might just be coincidence or the fact those great big trotters with those extremely long backs lost a bit of fine coordination to get those gangly bodies around those tighter turns.
Snacks: uninspired bread, tea backs, and individual coffee things for a machine that didn't exist.
Banks will try to lend you an umbrella on a sunny day, but they will turn their backs on a rainy day.
As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.
We must not speak ill of others behind their backs.
You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.
You should not speak of others behind their backs.
You shouldn't talk about people behind their backs.
We have our backs to the wall.
They set up their backs against the claim.
You ought not to speak ill of others behind their backs.
Never speak ill of others behind their backs.
Don't talk about people behind their backs.
The sun beat down on our necks and backs.
It is not right to criticize people behind their backs.
verb
You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?
Jane never backs down.
Information sometimes varies dramatically according to format: my news feed truncated the last word of the headline "Ex-boyfriend backs Cain accuser".
Tom always looks in the rearview mirror before he backs up.
Tom never backs down.
Mary always looks in the rearview mirror before she backs up.
I hope that Tom backs down.
I hope Tom backs down.
Algeria backs the diplomatic effort to solve the Libyan crisis.
Algeria backs ambitious climate targets.
Tom backs the old guard of the organization.
The Chinese government backs the military coup in Myanmar.
Algeria backs Western Sahara.
Algeria backs Sahrawis.
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