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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.
slash
Noun
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A slash is a very quick cut of an object, usually with a sharp blade.
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The symbol "/", also known as a forward slash in computing.
slash
Verb
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When you slash an object, you cut it violently with a sharp blade, such as a knife or a sword.
The samurai slashed the watermelon into two in the blink of an eye.
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To reduce something by a huge amount.
That shop had to slash its prices for their closing down sales.
slash
Conjunction
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You use slash to mean as well as or and, used to separate two items in a list.
She's the cook-slash-waitress.