(n) a room used primarily for sleeping

(n) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

(n) a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

(n) the part of a garment that covers your back; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

(n) the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding"

(n) the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

(n) the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"

(n) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"

(n) 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"

(n) (football) a person who plays in the backfield

(v) strengthen by providing with a back or backing

(v) establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"

(v) shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"

(v) place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

(v) travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"

(v) cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"

(v) support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"

(v) be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

(v) give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

(v) be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

(r) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

(r) at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

(r) in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"

(r) in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"

(r) in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"

(r) in answer; "he wrote back three days later"; "had little to say in reply to the questions"

(n) a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

(n) a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

(n) a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

(n) a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

(n) a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

(n) the quantity contained in a bowl

(n) a concave shape with an open top

(v) engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"

(v) roll (a ball)

(n) any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

(n) an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"

(n) a stream or river connected to a larger one

(n) a natural consequence of development

(n) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

(n) a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"

(v) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

(v) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

(n) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop

(n) an inflated ball used in playing basketball

(n) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"

(n) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on on the driver"

(v) attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

(v) put or pin the blame on

(v) harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"

(s) expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamn