aback
11aback — adverb /əˈbæk/ a) Towards the back or rear; backwards; away. Therewith aback she started. b) Behind; in the rear. By setting the foresail aback and the headsail in the middle one can bring a fore and aft rigged sailing boat practically to a halt… …
12aback — a|back [əˈbæk] adv [Date: 1100 1200; : Old English; Origin: on bAc backward ] be taken aback (by sth) to be very surprised or shocked by something ▪ For a moment, I was completely taken aback by her request …
13aback — a|back [ ə bæk ] adverb be taken aback to be shocked or surprised, especially by something someone says or does to you: Bill was taken aback by the girl s directness …
14aback — adverb be taken aback to be very surprised or shocked by something: For a moment, I was completely taken aback by her request …
15aback — adverb Date: before 12th century 1. archaic backward, back 2. in a position to catch the wind upon the forward surface (as of a sail) 3. by surprise ; unawares < was taken aback by her sharp retort > …
16aback — I Cleveland Dialect List behind, in the rear: deean t t e thrust sae mich aback there II North Country (Newcastle) Words backwards …
17aback — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. rearward, behind. See rear, difficulty. taken aback II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Without adequate preparation: short, unawarely, unawares. Idiom: by surprise. See PREPARED …
18aback — adverb 1》 archaic towards or situated to the rear. 2》 Sailing with the sail pressed back against the mast by a headwind. Phrases take someone aback shock or surprise someone …
19aback — adv rearward, to or in the rear, back, toward the back, behind, backward, hindward; Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut. astern, Naut. sternward; retrogressively, regressively, retrogradingly; Fig. aloof, Fig. at a distance. See taken aback …
20aback — UK [əˈbæk] / US adverb be taken aback …
