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1 backbite
verb (to criticize a person when he is not present.) apkalbėti -
2 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) nugara2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) nugara3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) užpakalis, galas4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) gynėjas2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) užpakalinis3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) atgal2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) tolyn, šalin3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) arti atramos4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) atsilygindamas, atsikirsdamas, atgal5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) į praeitį, praeityje4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) eiti/važiuoti atbulom, varyti atgal2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) palaikyti, remti3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) lažintis, statyti sumą•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) iš kairės, pakrypusia rašysena- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat
См. также в других словарях:
Backbite — Back bite , v. i. To censure or revile the absent. [1913 Webster] They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backbite — Back bite , v. t. [2d back, n. + bite.] To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backbite — [bak′bīt΄] vt., vi. backbit [bak′bit΄] backbitten [bak′bit΄ n] or backbit, backbiting [ME bakbiten: see BACK1 & BITE] to speak maliciously about (an absent person); slander backbiter [bak′bīt΄ər] n … English World dictionary
backbite — verb ( bit; bitten; biting) Date: 12th century transitive verb to say mean or spiteful things about (as one not present) intransitive verb to backbite a person • backbiter noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
backbite — backbiter, n. /bak buyt /, v., backbit, backbitten or (Informal) backbit; backbiting. v.t. 1. to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present). v.i. 2. to speak unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.… … Universalium
backbite — 1. verb a) To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. b) To attack from behind or when out of earshot. 2. noun One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter … Wiktionary
Backbite — In Ps. 15:3, the rendering of a word which means to run about tattling, calumniating; in Prov. 25:23, secret talebearing or slandering; in Rom. 1:30 and 2 Cor. 12:20, evil speaking, maliciously defaming the absent … Easton's Bible Dictionary
backbite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. attack, revile. See detraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. slander, malign, *backstab, defame, vilify, gossip, smear, *badmouth, *dump on, *tell tales out of school. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… … English dictionary for students
backbite — v. a. Pol. S. 157. pret. ‘backbate.’ Ps. xxxvii. 21 … Oldest English Words
backbite — back·bite || bækbaɪt v. slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel … English contemporary dictionary
backbite — v. a. Defame, traduce, malign, slander, revile, calumniate, libel, asperse, vilify, blacken, abuse, scandalize, speak ill of … New dictionary of synonyms