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back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
blade
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noun
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
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noun
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
a blade of lint on his suit
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noun
a dashing young man
gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
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noun
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
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noun
a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
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noun
a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
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noun
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
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noun
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
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noun
the part of the skate that slides on the ice