Meaning

3 senses
  1. (in compounds, not comparable)Having specified type of back.

    a high-backed chair

    sway-backed

    having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

  2. (in compounds, not comparable)Having specified type of backing.

    asset-backed securities

  3. (not comparable, 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.

Origin

From back (noun) + -ed.

From back (noun) + -ed.

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