English

Verb

backed

1. simple past tense and past participle of back

Etymology 2

From back ‎(noun) +‎ -ed.

Adjective

backed ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.

   He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.

2. (in combination) Having specified type of back.

   a high-backed chair

   sway-backed

   red-backed shrike

3. (in combination) Having specified type of backing.

   asset-backed securities

Derived terms

• American-backed
• asset-backed
• ESA-backed

References

• Grose, Francis, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue / Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence: altered and enlarged (London; 1811)