ALL meanings of backing
back·ing
B b - uncountable noun backing If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something. 3
- variable noun backing A backing is a layer of something such as cloth that is put onto the back of something in order to strengthen or protect it. 3
- countable noun backing The backing of a popular song is the music which is sung or played to accompany the main tune. 3
- noun backing support given to a person, cause, or enterprise 3
- noun backing a body of supporters 3
- noun backing something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something 3
- noun backing a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space 3
- noun backing musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer 3
- noun backing the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes 3
- noun backing an anticlockwise change in wind direction 3
- noun backing a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses 3
- noun backing something placed in back or forming a back for support or strength 3
- noun backing support given to a person or cause 3
- noun backing those giving such support 3
- noun backing a musical accompaniment 3
- noun backing If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money in order to do something. 3
- noun backing moral, intellectual support 1
- noun backing financial support 1
- noun backing musical backup 1
- noun backing the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 1
- noun backing supporting layer, lining 1
- noun backing the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 1
- adjective backing wind: change direction counterclockwise 1
- noun backing the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the head. 1
- noun backing the whole body, with reference to clothing: the clothes on his back. 1
- noun backing ability for labor; effort; endurance: He put his back into the task. 1
- noun backing the part opposite to or farthest from the front; the rear part: the back of a hall. 1
- noun backing the part that forms the rear of any object or structure: the back of a chair. 1
- noun backing the part that covers the back: the back of a jacket. 1
- noun backing the spine or backbone: The fall broke his back. 1
- noun backing any rear part of an object serving to support, protect, etc.: the back of a binder. 1
- noun backing Nautical, Aeronautics. the forward side of a propeller blade (opposed to face (def 20.)). 1
- noun backing Aeronautics. the top part or upper surface of an aircraft, especially of its fuselage. 1
- noun backing Bookbinding. the edge of a book formed where its sections are bound together. 1
- noun backing the backs, grounds along the River Cam in back of certain colleges at Cambridge University in England: noted for their great beauty. 1
- noun backing Architecture. extrados. 1
- noun backing Carpentry. the upper side of a joist, rafter, handrail, etc. the area of interior wall between a window stool and the floor. 1
- noun backing Mining. the roof of a stope or drift. 1
- noun backing Sports. a player whose regular position is behind that of players who make initial contact with the opposing team, as behind the forward line in football or nearest the player's own goal in polo. the position occupied by this player. 1
- verb with object backing to support, as with authority, influence, help, or money (often followed by up): to back a candidate; to back up a theory with facts. 1
- verb with object backing to bet on: to back a horse in the race. 1
- verb with object backing to cause to move backward (often followed by up): to back a car. 1
- verb with object backing to furnish with a back: to back a book. 1
- verb with object backing to lie at the back of; form a back or background for: a beach backed by hills. 1
- verb with object backing to provide with an accompaniment: a singer backed by piano and bass. 1
- verb with object backing to get upon the back of; mount. 1
- verb with object backing to write or print on the back of; endorse; countersign. 1
- verb with object backing Carpentry. to attach strips of wood to the upper edge of (a joist or rafter) to bring it to a desired level. 1
- verb with object backing Nautical. to alter the position of (a sail) so that the wind will strike the forward face. to brace (yards) in backing a sail. to reinforce the hold of (an anchor) by means of a smaller one attached to it and dropped farther away. 1
- verb without object backing to go or move backward (often followed by up). 1