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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.
twisting
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noun
(= distortion)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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adjective
(= tortuous, twisty, winding)
marked by repeated turns and bends
a tortuous road up the mountain
winding roads are full of surprises
had to steer the car down a twisty track
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noun
(= spin, twist)
the act of rotating rapidly
he gave the crank a spin
it broke off after much twisting
torque
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noun
(= torsion)
a twisting force