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Backside

//ˈbækˌsaɪd// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Approaching an obstacle backward. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly

    "I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face."

  2. 2
    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on wordnet
  3. 3
    The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.

    "The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti."

  4. 4
    the side of an object that is opposite its front wordnet
  5. 5
    The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; A person's buttocks. euphemistic

    "Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my backside."

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  1. 6
    The back side of anything, the part opposite its front; The back side of a page: a verso. obsolete
  2. 7
    The reverse or opposite of anything. figuratively

    "...to endorse him on the backside of posterity, not a golden, but a brazen Asse..."

  3. 8
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From back + side.

Etymology 2

From back + side.

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