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Meaning of Backside | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈbækˌsaɪd

Definitions

  1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly
  2. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front
  3. The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
  4. A person's buttocks.
    euphemistic
  5. The back side of a page: a verso.
    obsolete
  6. The reverse or opposite of anything.
    figuratively
  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

Equivalents

Български задник
Bosanski ton
Čeština zadek
Dansk bagdel numse
Deutsch After Gesäß hintern Steiß
Ελληνικά απαυτός οπίσθια
Esperanto pugo
Español trasero
Français arriéré backside
Gàidhlig màs tòn
Hrvatski ton
Հայերեն հետև հետույք
Íslenska rass sitjandi
Italiano di dietro sedere
日本語 お尻 尻っぺた
Kurdî maş ton
Lietuvių užpakalis
Latviešu dibens
Português traseiro
Română fund
Русский зад задница
Српски ton
Svenska bak
Tiếng Việt mặt trái

Examples

“I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.”
“The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.”
“Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside.”
“With an arrowe so broad, He shott him into the backe-syde.”
“Our toilet was an outside netty shared between two or three families, where you sat on a hole and hoped the cat wouldn't jump at your backside.”
“...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse...”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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