backed

backed

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English Online Dictionary. What means backed‎? What does backed mean?

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Etymology 1

From back (verb).

Verb

backed

  1. simple past and past participle of back

Etymology 2

From back (noun) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

backed (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
  2. (in combination) Having specified type of back.
    a high-backed chair
    sway-backed
    red-backed shrike
  3. (in combination) Having specified type of backing.
    asset-backed securities
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References

  • [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Backed”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.

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