# backed

Pronunciation: say "BAKT" /bækt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of back. — simple past and past participle of back
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of back. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _Most council members backed the proposal to expand the park._
   - _He carefully backed the car out of the garage._

## Adjective

2. Having a back of a specified type, named by a word attached in front.
   - Simple: Having a back of a certain kind.
   - _The antique shop displayed a row of curved-backed wooden benches._
   - _She preferred a high-backed armchair for reading late at night._
3. Having backing of a specified type, named by a word attached in front.
   - Simple: Having a support or layer of a certain kind on the back.
   - _Investors trusted the gold-backed notes during the financial panic._
   - _The carpet tiles were rubber-backed to keep them from sliding._

## Adjective

4. Killed; struck down and laid out dead. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Killed and left lying dead.

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from the verb "back."
**Meanings 2–4** — Formed from the noun "back" with the suffix "-ed."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/backed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).