Backed - English meaning

phrasal verb

Move backwards from a certain position

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves

Usage examples:

She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off., just back off and let us do this on our…

verb

Retrace one's steps.

Usage examples:

Marilyn backtracked and went down into the basement

verb

To go back the same way you came, or to consider information again

Usage examples:

We need to backtrack a bit and examine the history of this problem., the government backtracked on …

verb

To go back along a path that you have just followed

Usage examples:

We went the wrong way and had to backtrack till we got to the right turning.

noun

A roll of banknotes.

Usage examples:

After showing them his gun, he throws them a large bankroll of cash and invites them to come work f…

verb

Support (a person, organization, or project) financially.

Usage examples:

The project is bankrolled by wealthy expatriates

noun

The money that a person or organization possesses

Usage examples:

More than half of his bankroll during the election campaign came from texas., this was a joint prog…

verb

Make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.

Usage examples:

He blenched and struggled to regain his composure

verb

To move back or away suddenly or react physically because something frightens, disgusts (= shocks), or upsets you

Usage examples:

At the sight of the dead animal, diana blenched.

verb

To be very unwilling to do something

Usage examples:

My sister blenches at the very thought of changing a baby's nappy.

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

verb

To lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards

Usage examples:

Stop cowering! i'm not going to hit you.

noun

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Usage examples:

The firm's finance department

verb

Provide funding for (a person or enterprise).

Usage examples:

The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer

verb

The commercial activity of providing funds and capital

noun

A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

He had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

A sum of money saved and made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A scholarship fund for college students, the company’s pension fund, he plans to donate money to fu…

idiom

To pay for something, esp. for what someone else has bought or used

Usage examples:

The company will pick up the tab for this trip.

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

noun

A small short-tailed old world game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

Usage examples:

Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins,…

verb

Feel or show fear or apprehension.

Usage examples:

She quailed at his heartless words

noun

A small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food

verb

(especially of the earth) shake or tremble.

Usage examples:

The rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking

noun

An earthquake.

Usage examples:

A big quake east of the rocky mountains

verb

To shake, esp. because you are frightened

Usage examples:

He quaked with fear at the thought.

verb

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

Usage examples:

The french retreated in disarray

noun

An act of moving back or withdrawing.

Usage examples:

A speedy retreat

verb

The act of withdrawing or going backward

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

noun

A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

Usage examples:

The production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors

verb

Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).

Usage examples:

Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme

verb

To support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help

Usage examples:

The rotary club sponsors little league baseball in the summer., corporate sponsors support many pub…

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

Usage examples:

A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Usage examples:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

phrasal verb

Mentally withdraw from a situation in order to consider it objectively.

Usage examples:

I have had to step back and take an honest look at my way of working

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in something

Usage examples:

We need to step back and look at all our options.

verb

Support (an organization or activity) financially.

Usage examples:

The mining industry continues to be subsidized

verb

To pay part of the cost of something

Usage examples:

Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize a golf course., the tenants live in federally subsidized apartments.

verb

To give money to a person or an organization in order to pay part of the cost of something that they do or make

Usage examples:

Be subsidized by sb/sth the uninsured often seek emergency care at hospitals, which is eventually s…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.

Usage examples:

The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

verb

To support something that costs money by promising to pay for it, or by promising to pay if necessary to protect others who are risking their money

Usage examples:

The museum show was largely underwritten by a grant from the government of sweden.

verb

To give an activity financial support and take responsibility for paying any costs if it fails

Usage examples:

He underwrote a friend's development company in new york., many businesses have underwritten the ev…

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…