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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.
upthrow
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noun
(= upheaval)
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
bolt
Noun
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A kind of thick screw that is used with a nut and sometimes a washer.
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A a short heavy arrow used by a crossbow.
bolt
Verb
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If you bolt you run away suddenly.
cam
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noun
a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
Cam
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noun
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River