backed
Because it is a word with a single syllable, backed is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofbacked
- To go in the reverse direction.
Example: "the train backed into the station; the horse refuses to back"
- To support.
Example: "I back you all the way; which horse are you backing in this race?"
- (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- (of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To push or force backwards.
Example: "The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet."
- To get upon the back of; to mount.
- To place or seat upon the back.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
Example: "to back books"
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
Example: "to back a letter; to back a note or legal document"
- (of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To row backward with (oars).
Example: "to back the oars"
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