deshanksuman/cornercases_fews_wsd huggingface dataset:
Sentence:  I did n't get a good look at him at all , his [WSD]back[/WSD] was to me , and I was so scared . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  It 'll probably be at least an hour or two before I can check [WSD]back[/WSD] with you . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He did not reply , going on toward the [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Sentence:  A hall opened in [WSD]back[/WSD] of the bar , running toward an ell . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Kneeling , Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his [WSD]back[/WSD] , holding him pinned . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  `` When you marry , you want to have things in common '' , a girl said , `` and it 's hard when you do n't marry someone with your own [WSD]background[/WSD] '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  Spherical concave [WSD]backing[/WSD] surfaces support the diaphragm when excessive pressures are applied and prevent the stresses within the diaphragm from exceeding the elastic limit . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  something forming a back that is added for strengthening
Sentence:  Besides , Miss Henrietta - as she was generally known since she had put up her hair with a chignon in the [WSD]back[/WSD] - had little time to spare them from her teaching and writing ; so Cyrus Adler became interested in her friend Racie Friedenwald , and Joe Jastrow - the only young man who when he wrote had the temerity to address her as Henrietta , and signed himself Joe - fell in love with pretty sister Rachel . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Sentence:  Here , too , the cause to hate lay well [WSD]back[/WSD] in the years . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  And I done favors for you , big favor not so long [WSD]back[/WSD] , did n't I , and I 'm right here to take on where Pretty left off . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  All just by chance , and in a way tracing [WSD]back[/WSD] to poor Frank , all of it , because naturally - brothers , living together - and Angie - 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  Katya Roslev , who would be Katharine Ross so very soon now , rang up her first sale of the day and counted [WSD]back[/WSD] the change . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  She showed no interest at all in the life he had led [WSD]back[/WSD] home , and it hurt him a little . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Watching her , he felt like a spectator at a tennis game , with the ball being bounced [WSD]back[/WSD] and forth . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  moving from one place to another and back again
Sentence:  And Sam thanked her , and hoped he might meet her nephew [WSD]back[/WSD] home , and asked her if she had any further news of the Pope . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  A. E. Sharp , in Vowel-Length and Syllabicity in Kikuyu , examines one set of related orthographic questions and its phonologic [WSD]background[/WSD] in detail . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Sentence:  A Virginia judge a while [WSD]back[/WSD] cited a Roman jurist to the effect that ten years might be a reasonable length of time for such a change . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  And then again perhaps the reason why he could n't find time to do any of the things he had planned to do after retirement : reading , roaming , gardening , lying on his [WSD]back[/WSD] and watching the clouds go by , was because he did n't want to do them . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess 's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all right , then climbed through a [WSD]back[/WSD] window and dropped to the ground outside . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  From the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the barn it was a simple matter to reach Black 's house without using the street . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Sentence:  Curt circled the house and located a barn out [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  There were two horses in the barn , a [WSD]sway-backed[/WSD] dun and Jess Crouch 's buckskin . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
Sentence:  As he crossed to the side of the stall , Curt drew his gun and clicked [WSD]back[/WSD] the hammer . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Curt reached out and dropped Jess 's pistol [WSD]back[/WSD] into the holster . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He slammed into the wall , bounced [WSD]back[/WSD] , and caught Curt with a roundhouse right which sent him spinning . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Blood gushed from his nose , and he [WSD]backed[/WSD] off as rapidly as he could , stumbling over his own feet in his frantic haste to get away from Curt 's fists . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  move backwards from a certain position
Sentence:  He [WSD]backed[/WSD] Jess into a corner , grabbed a handful of the man 's shirtfront , and drew back his right fist . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  cause to travel backward
Sentence:  Turning his [WSD]back[/WSD] , Curt crossed to the stall , reached over to untie the buckskin 's halter rope , and waved his hand in the animal 's face . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  Somebody in this town must still have some [WSD]backbone[/WSD] '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  fortitude and determination
Sentence:  This subsection shall not be so construed as to deprive the owner of any [WSD]background[/WSD] patent relating thereto of such rights as he may have thereunder . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Sentence:  Stanley had gone out , saying he would be [WSD]back[/WSD] in an hour . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  And with what resource did Prokofieff [WSD]back[/WSD] up his Credo of words - with torrents of powerful music . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  establish as valid or genuine
Sentence:  Lunch was over , and we walked [WSD]back[/WSD] to the hotel with the light and dark of Paris screaming at us . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  In the written language then can be underlined or italicized to guide the reader here , but much of the time the written language simply depends on the reader 's alertness , and a careless reader will have to [WSD]back[/WSD] up and reread . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  move backwards from a certain position
Sentence:  He moved [WSD]back[/WSD] to the wheel and stood there blowing , grasping the top of a spoke to still the trembling of his played-out limbs . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  She drank and pushed [WSD]back[/WSD] her gingham bonnet to wet a kerchief and wipe her face . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  `` They knew I was a good sharecrop farmer [WSD]back[/WSD] in Carolina , but out West was a chance to build a real farm of our own . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  The soaking will put life [WSD]back[/WSD] in the wagon , too '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  It speared up into the air , then sinking [WSD]back[/WSD] , the up jutting branch turned slowly . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  It was nearly sundown and he went to the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the wagon , half swimming his way , for he was not a tall man . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Sentence:  He sputtered [WSD]back[/WSD] to his feet and scrambled madly to pull his bags of seed grain forward . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  At the door she turned [WSD]back[/WSD] , her Roman nose looking very long now and satiric . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Rilly or Glendora had entered her room while she slept , bringing [WSD]back[/WSD] her washed clothes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She thrust the envelope [WSD]back[/WSD] in the bag ; there was no point in locking it up in the armoire now , it was like locking the barn after the horse was stolen . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She sent Glendora [WSD]back[/WSD] to the house , her basket and her apron laden . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She started [WSD]back[/WSD] for the house , saw a light in the office , opened the door and surprised a domestic little scene which was far outside the dark realm of murder or attempted murder . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Despite generally good levels of income , we see greater price pressures than ever before - traveling [WSD]back[/WSD] along the chain from consumer to distributor to manufacturer . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Display merchandising , [WSD]backed[/WSD] by pre selling through advertising and promotion , will continue to make strides in the sixties . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  give support or one's approval to
Sentence:  It is from this unpromising [WSD]background[/WSD] that the fictional private detective was recruited . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  She walked restlessly across the room , then [WSD]back[/WSD] to the windows . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She was going to keep on scheming , poking , prodding , suggesting , and dictating until the cops got up enough interest in him to go [WSD]back[/WSD] to their old neighborhood and ask questions . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  This combined experience , on a foundation of very average , I assure you , intelligence and [WSD]background[/WSD] , has helped me do things many well-informed people would bet heavily against . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  The lieutenant eyed Gun 's reflection in the mirror over the washbowl and then glanced [WSD]back[/WSD] at his own face , moving the comb methodically around his head . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He sat [WSD]stiff-backed[/WSD] in a chair that did not swivel , though it was obvious to Gun that Killpath felt his position as acting captain plainly merited a swivel chair . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  having a stiff back
Sentence:  He rocked [WSD]back[/WSD] in the chair , knee locked against stomach , his beady eyes fixed on Matson . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Gun knew that nothing but aces [WSD]back[/WSD] to back would give the lieutenant an ulcer and a smile at the same time . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  one after the other
Sentence:  Killpath leaned forward ; his foot slipped off the chair and he put it [WSD]back[/WSD] again , frowning now . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Now , as he passed the open counter that divided the assembly room from the business office , he nodded and said good night to the station keeper and his clerks , not stopping to hear the day-watch [WSD]playback[/WSD] of his chewing out . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the act of reproducing recorded sound
Sentence:  If the acting captain wanted his acting lieutenant to sit on his ass around the station all night , Killpath would just have to go out and drag Gun [WSD]back[/WSD] by the heels once an hour ; because he 'd be damned if he was going to be a mid-watch pencil-pusher just to please his ulcerated pro-tem captain . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  From the time the chocks were pulled until the plane was out of sight , he knew Donovan would keep his [WSD]back[/WSD] to the strip . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  He possessed the fighter pilot 's horror of bad weather and instrument flying , and he wondered , if the ceiling did drop , whether he and the other flights would be able to find their way [WSD]back[/WSD] in this unfamiliar territory . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  `` Roger , Sweeney '' , Todman called [WSD]back[/WSD] , and pulled his four in and slightly above Greg . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  Greg went up tight against the ceiling and led them [WSD]back[/WSD] to their pass to home . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Like a man making a deep dive , Greg took full breath and plunged [WSD]back[/WSD] into the valley . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He hauled [WSD]back[/WSD] on the stick and felt his cheeks sag . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  He pushed stick and rudder and entered the overcast on his [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
Sentence:  With the universal list as his weapon , Swadesh has extended his march of conquest farther and farther into the past , eight , ten , twelve millennia [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  During the next five years the leaders of the Fair Deal reluctantly [WSD]backed[/WSD] down from the optimistic expectations of the New Deal . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  move backwards from a certain position
Sentence:  Let 's take a panoramic look [WSD]back[/WSD] over the course we have come . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Has not that way been lit always by the lamp of liberalism up until the turning [WSD]back[/WSD] under Eisenhower ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Like Mattie and the mayor up there gripping the microphone and Toonker Burkette [WSD]back[/WSD] in his office yanking out teeth , like they all knew he would . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Back at the Factory-to-You with the other old maids , [WSD]back[/WSD] there she was the youngest clerk and she was thirty-four , which made her young enough to resent the usual ideal working conditions , like the unventilated toilet with the door you had to hold shut while you sat down . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  By an effort of historical sympathy we can cast our minds [WSD]back[/WSD] into the art of a remote past or an alien present , and enjoy the carvings of cavemen and Japanese colour prints ; but the possibility of this effort is bound up with that development of historical thought which is the greatest achievement of our civilization in the last two centuries , and it is utterly impossible to people in whom this development has not taken place . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  She studied him hopefully , yearningly ; against the limitless [WSD]background[/WSD] of sky and wasteland it was easy to confirm her analysis . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Sentence:  And even with her limited knowledge of such things , she knew that the car could be repaired there ; sufficiently , at least , to get them [WSD]back[/WSD] into town . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  It was payday for Highlands , and he was packing a lot of money [WSD]back[/WSD] into the oil fields . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Every path from [WSD]back[/WSD] door to barn was covered by a grape-arbor , and every yard had its fruit trees . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  More potent a charm to bring [WSD]back[/WSD] that time of life than this record of a few pictures and a few remembered facts would be a catalogue of the minutiae which are of the very stuff of the mind , intrinsic , because they were known in the beginning not by the eye alone but by the hand that held them . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  And the cast shell of a locust , straw colored and transparent , weighing nothing , fragile but entire , with eyes like bubbles and a gaping slit down its [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  Cows were kept in [WSD]backyard[/WSD] barns , boys were hired to drive them to and from the pasture on the edge of town , and familiar to the ear , morning and evening , were the boys ' coaxing voices , the thud of hooves , and the thwack of a stick on cowhide . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the grounds in back of a house
Sentence:  But in looking at Faulkner against his [WSD]background[/WSD] in Mississippi and the South , it is important not to lose the broader perspective . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  They have an ancestry extending [WSD]back[/WSD] , however , at least to 1728 , when William Byrd described the Lubberlanders he encountered in the back country of Virginia and North Carolina . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  They have an ancestry extending back , however , at least to 1728 , when William Byrd described the Lubberlanders he encountered in the [WSD]back[/WSD] country of Virginia and North Carolina . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a remote and undeveloped area
Sentence:  Simms admired the raucous tales emanating from the [WSD]backwoods[/WSD] , but he had himself social affiliations which would not allow him to approve them fully . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a remote and undeveloped area
Sentence:  Augustus Baldwin Longstreet , a preacher and a college and university president in four Southern states , published the earliest of these [WSD]backwoods[/WSD] sketches and in the character Ransy Sniffle , in the accounts of sharp horse-trading and eye gouging physical combat , and in the shockingly unliterary speech of his characters , he set an example followed by many after him . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a remote and undeveloped area
Sentence:  As a consequence of the tensions thus produced in his thoughts and feelings , he wrote on the one hand sketches of idealized hunting trips and on the other an anecdote of the village of Hardscrabble , Arkansas , where no one had ever seen a piano ; and he wrote also the masterpiece of frontier humor , `` The Big Bear of Arkansas '' , in which earthy realism is placed alongside the exaggeration of the [WSD]backwoods[/WSD] tall-tale and the awe with which man contemplates the grandeur and the mysteries of nature . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a remote and undeveloped area
Sentence:  No matter how well work is planned , bad weather or unexpected [WSD]setbacks[/WSD] can cause extra work that must be caught up . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Sentence:  Meanwhile he has been thinking about the facts surrounding the problem , facts which he knows can never be complete , and the general [WSD]background[/WSD] , much of which has already been lost to history . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Sentence:  I did book jackets and covers for [WSD]paperback[/WSD] reprints : naked girls huddling in corners of dingy furnished rooms while at the doorway , daring the cops to take him , is the guy in shirt sleeves clutching a revolver . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a book with paper covers
Sentence:  We went into Mrs. Monmouth 's library , which had low bookshelves all along the walls , and above them a Modigliani portrait , a Jackson Pollock twelve feet long , and a gorgeous Miro with a yellow [WSD]background[/WSD] , that looked like an inscription from a Martian tomb . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Sentence:  Out of this [WSD]background[/WSD] of hunting and fishing , it was only natural that Roy first painted subjects he knew best : hunters in the field , fishermen in the stream , ducks and geese on the wing - almost always against a vast backdrop of weather landscape . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  Out of this background of hunting and fishing , it was only natural that Roy first painted subjects he knew best : hunters in the field , fishermen in the stream , ducks and geese on the wing - almost always against a vast [WSD]backdrop[/WSD] of weather landscape . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  scenery hung at back of stage
Sentence:  Long observation has taught Mason that most landscape can be reduced to three essential planes : a foreground in sharp focus - either a light area with dark accents or a dark one with lights ; a middle distance often containing the major motif ; and a [WSD]background[/WSD] , usually a silhouetted form foiled against the sky . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Sentence:  In following this general principle , Mason provides the observer with a natural eye progression from foreground to [WSD]background[/WSD] , and the illusion of depth is instantly created . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Sentence:  A taxi took him [WSD]back[/WSD] to the bar and grill where he had left his car , and a few minutes later he found a parking place across the street from his apartment . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  For he remembered too well how he had brought [WSD]back[/WSD] the loaded drinks to Burton and then returned to the kitchen to get weaker drinks for himself . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  There was no answer to this and he began to pace [WSD]back[/WSD] and forth across the room , his imagination out of control . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  moving from one place to another and back again
Sentence:  He refused to change his approach , and instead he attacked high and low - the officials for their not [WSD]backing[/WSD] him , and subordinates for their laxness , stupidity , and stubbornness . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  be behind; approve of
Sentence:  To practice new procedures under guided supervision and with constant [WSD]feedback[/WSD] is the fourth step . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  response to an inquiry or experiment
Sentence:  `` To get a marriage [WSD]back[/WSD] where it belongs '' , comments Dr. Schillinger of the Lincoln Institute , `` the husband must take some very basic steps . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Cool air moving slowly through the open or smashed out side windows hinted of blooming roadside vegetation , and occasionally a faint fragrance of perfume swirled from the [WSD]back[/WSD] seat . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  I waved with discretion and moderation to the vague golden faces fading through rising dust and the distortions of the [WSD]back[/WSD] window glass . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  Over the rapidly diminishing outline of a jump seat piled high with luggage Herry 's black brushcut was just discernible , near , or enviably near that spot where - hidden - more delicately textured , most beautifully tinted hair must still be streaming [WSD]back[/WSD] in cool , oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  I would have foregone my romantic chances rather than leave a friend sweltering and dusty and - Well , at least I would n't have shouted [WSD]back[/WSD] a taunt . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  an Ah coudn ansuh him an so Ah said ' Aw right , Ah gay-ess , an his fathuh did n uttuh one wohd an aftuh Huhmun was gone , the majuh laughed an tole me thet he an the bawh had been hevin an occasional drink t ' gethuh f ' ovuh a yeah , onleh an occasional one , but just the same it was behahn mah [WSD]back[/WSD] , an Ah doa n think thet 's nahce at all , d ' you '' ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  The straight , black hair flopped in a vigorous nod , the slender nose plunged toward glass teeth and drew safely [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  `` In [WSD]back[/WSD] , buddy '' , the driver said to me . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Sentence:  Quickly but carefully lowering my duffel bag over the low side rack , I stepped on the running board ; it flopped down , sprang [WSD]back[/WSD] up and gouged my shin . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  `` Hell , yes '' , I roared [WSD]back[/WSD] between dusty lips . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  When I fell on my [WSD]back[/WSD] , I saw a vulture hovering . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  We were [WSD]back[/WSD] on the road . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Teeth again flashing [WSD]back[/WSD] at me , the driver released a deluge of Spanish in which `` amigo '' appeared every so often like an island in the stormy waves of surrounding sound . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  When a second quake came , they dashed [WSD]back[/WSD] to the beach , fearing that they might be buried under landslides . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He got [WSD]back[/WSD] into the batter's box and on the next pitch dropped into the dirt again . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  `` I 'll be waiting '' ! the pitcher yelled [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  But what you have n't got is the heart to [WSD]back[/WSD] up that talent with . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
Sentence:  The New York Central notes : `` The freight traffic most susceptible to raiding by the C. + O. - B. + O. provides the [WSD]backbone[/WSD] of Central 's revenues . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a central cohesive source of support and stability
Sentence:  Cuban S. S. R. : Whatever may have been the [WSD]setbacks[/WSD] resulting from the unsuccessful attempt of the Cuban rebels to establish a beachhead on the Castro held mainland last week , there was at least one positive benefit , and that was the clear-cut revelation to the whole world of the complete conversion of Cuba into a Russian dominated military base . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
Sentence:  If art is to release us from these postulated things [ things we must think symbolically about ] and bring us [WSD]back[/WSD] to the ineffable beauty and richness of the aesthetic component of reality in its immediacy , it must sever its connection with these common sense entities '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943 , the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation 's [WSD]backlog[/WSD] of an estimated two million disabled . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
Sentence:  Tillotson had reported the man to Gansevoort and an hour later , with [WSD]back[/WSD] turned , had been attacked by Wilson , brandishing the weapon . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  The content of his words may lapse [WSD]back[/WSD] into monotonous repetition , as if a phonograph needle were stuck in one groove ; only seldom is it so simple as to be a matter of his obviously parroting some timeworn axiom , common to our culture , which he has evidently heard , over and over , from a parent until he experiences it as part of him . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Griffith had confronted Hoag on the building 's front steps - Hoag had been permitted no further - and [WSD]backed[/WSD] him against a wrought-iron railing . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  cause to travel backward
Sentence:  He and the prime minister would be [WSD]back[/WSD] from the window , seated at Mahzeer 's desk ; they would be going over papers Mahzeer had saved as excuse for just such a meeting . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  The legation was generously set [WSD]back[/WSD] from the building line ; if the angle of fire were too great the jutting buildings on either side would interfere . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  He would have to climb [WSD]back[/WSD] down to the street and signal a cop . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He turned his head to the source of the disturbance and instantly [WSD]back[/WSD] to the window and his rifle sight , dismissing Hoag for the moment with the same contempt he had shown in their encounter at Hoag 's apartment . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Hoag stumbled [WSD]back[/WSD] into the hall , leaned against the wall , and started to retch . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  `` I 'll be shootin ' right [WSD]back[/WSD] '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  This time Lewis had his own rifle in his hands , and he threw some answering fire [WSD]back[/WSD] at the mysterious far-off shot , then spent most of the day searching out the area . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  Tom Horn was soon [WSD]back[/WSD] at work , giving his secret employers their money 's worth . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  But he brought [WSD]back[/WSD] the sheriff and several deputies , and to the lawmen the entire affair seemed a repetition of the Lewis killing . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  His father , George A. Mercer , was descended from an honored Southern family that could trace its ancestry [WSD]back[/WSD] to one Hugh Mercer , who had emigrated from Scotland in 1747 . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Brannon was hunkered down with his broad [WSD]back[/WSD] to the left rear wheel , with the other two facing him . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  `` Not there '' , he said , getting [WSD]back[/WSD] onto his horse . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Then , as Macklin obeyed : `` Now let 's go out [WSD]back[/WSD] '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  Resignedly , Macklin turned to the [WSD]back[/WSD] door . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  Since that time the telegraph office has shifted in location from the railroad station at the Depot and shops at the Center [WSD]back[/WSD] to the town clerk 's office and drugstore at the Village . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  As the more conservative group with strong [WSD]backing[/WSD] from wealthy businessmen , the U.M.C.I.A. was generally favored against the more progressive , labor based U.N.F.P. The newer party campaigned heavily , while the older , more confident party expected the Moroccan merchants and small businessmen to support them as they had done for many years . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the act of providing approval and support
Sentence:  As the [WSD]background[/WSD] discussion indicated there were frequently expressed doubts that a government dominated by either party could fairly administer elections . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Sentence:  But it is also true that Braque was the consistent pioneer in the use of simulated textures as well as of typography ; and moreover , he had already begun to broaden and simplify the facet-planes of Analytical Cubism as far [WSD]back[/WSD] as the end of 1910 . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  The actual surface becomes both ground and [WSD]background[/WSD] , and it turns out - suddenly and paradoxically - that the only place left for a three-dimensional illusion is in front of , upon , the surface . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Sentence:  And the surface is driven [WSD]back[/WSD] , in its very surfaceness , only by this contrast . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Yet the violent immediacy of the wallpaper strips pasted to the paper , and the only lesser immediacy of block capitals that simulate window lettering , manage somehow to push the grape cluster [WSD]back[/WSD] into place on the picture plane so that it does not `` jump '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  The area adjacent to one edge of a piece of affixed material - or simply of a painted in form - will be shaded to pry that edge away from the surface , while something will be drawn , painted or even pasted over another part of the same shape to drive it [WSD]back[/WSD] into depth . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  It was as though , in that instant , he had felt the flatness of collage as too constricting and had suddenly tried to escape all the way [WSD]back[/WSD] - or forward - to literal three-dimensionality . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  In these readings , the double bass is either kept discreetly in the [WSD]background[/WSD] , or it is dressed in clown 's attire - the musical equivalent of a bull in a china shop . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Sentence:  Steinberg seems to have gone directly [WSD]back[/WSD] to the score , discounting tradition , and has built his performance on the intention to reproduce as faithfully as possible exactly what Brahms set down on paper . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  This was one place where Moonan could go for a drink in a [WSD]back[/WSD] booth without anyone noticing him , or at least coming up and hanging around and wanting to know all the low-down . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  I heard of some that tried it [WSD]back[/WSD] in the States , and he 'd knock them clear across the room . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  There 'd been a pretty bad incident [WSD]back[/WSD] at the Marine base . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  The patrol snaked around in [WSD]back[/WSD] of the cave , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly with wild howls . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  They cannot stop to grasp and embrace and sit in the [WSD]back[/WSD] seat of cars along a dark country lane . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  related to or located at the back
Sentence:  He had dared to defy nature , to turn his [WSD]back[/WSD] to the Lorelei , and he was punished . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  Corrections were applied for modulation broadening , apparatus [WSD]background[/WSD] , and field shift . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Sentence:  That 'll put the place [WSD]back[/WSD] to normal . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  It was a word he was proud of , a word that meant much to him , and he used it with great pleasure , almost as if it were an exclusive possession , and more : he sensed himself to be very highly educated , four cuts above any of the folks [WSD]back[/WSD] home . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  One day , Ching had told him ( smiling , patting him on the [WSD]back[/WSD] ) as they walked to the weekly conference of squad leaders , `` Keep it up , your squad is good , one of the best , keep it up , keep up the good work '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  It made no sense to him * * h He whirled around , suddenly hot all over , finding the man who had been standing before him a few moments [WSD]back[/WSD] , nailing him to the spot on which he now stood , open-mouthed - 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  Just let me go home to Jersey , [WSD]back[/WSD] to the shore , oh , Jesus , the shore . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He kissed her [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply
Sentence:  `` I may be [WSD]back[/WSD] '' , he explained , `` and then again , I may not '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Monsieur Favre sat down in his [WSD]high-backed[/WSD] stall , lips compressed , eyes glinting . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  having a high back
Sentence:  He brushed [WSD]back[/WSD] his black hair , shoving it under his pastor 's cap to keep it from blowing in his eyes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  In that tradition communism lay a safe distance [WSD]back[/WSD] in the age of innocence before the Fall of Man . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  `` Faith of our Fathers : Mary 's prayers / Shall win our country [WSD]back[/WSD] to thee '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  He glanced [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  There was no place to sit , but Watson walked slowly from the ladder to the window slits and [WSD]back[/WSD] , stooping slightly to avoid striking his head on the heavy beams . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He paced forward unsteadily , leaning too far [WSD]back[/WSD] , his head tilted oddly . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  He sank [WSD]back[/WSD] on his thin haunches like a weary hound . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  He turned slowly and began to crawl [WSD]back[/WSD] up the bank toward the rampart . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He stood with his [WSD]back[/WSD] to the skiff . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  We first define a function b ( t ) as follows : given the set of squares such that each has three corners on C and vertex at t , b ( t ) is the corresponding set of positive parametric differences between t and the [WSD]backward[/WSD] corner points . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  directed or facing toward the back or rear
Sentence:  When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck , watering my eyes , and I [WSD]backed[/WSD] off to cough . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  move backwards from a certain position
Sentence:  Water from the snow and water from the towels had run off the kid to the table where the dough was , and the dough was turning pasty , sticking to the kid 's [WSD]back[/WSD] and behind . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  His head flopped [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  I had my arm behind his [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  But it is the wooden sculpture from Bali , the one representing two men with their heads bent [WSD]backward[/WSD] and their bodies interlaced by a fish , that I particularly call to your attention . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  directed or facing toward the back or rear
Sentence:  A couple of years [WSD]back[/WSD] , I occupied a Village apartment whose outer staircase contained the type of niche called a `` coffin turn '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  It went right on creaking under his own considerable weight , and all it needed , Harold thought , was for somebody to fling himself [WSD]back[/WSD] in a fit of laughter and that would be the end of it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  They passed the marmalade , the bread , the black-market butter , [WSD]back[/WSD] and forth . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  moving from one place to another and back again
Sentence:  Everywhere else his ideas lay or hung in visible form : his models , drawings , ten foot canvases in monochromes from his painting days , and underfoot a windfall of [WSD]broken-backed[/WSD] books that looked as though their insides had been ransacked by a maniac . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
Sentence:  But he did not notice , and was already [WSD]backing[/WSD] the car down to the road , saying `` Toot-toot '' ! to the stump of a tree as he passed it , the same stump which had impaled the car of many a guest in the past thirty years and which he refused to have removed . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  travel backward
Sentence:  She walked [WSD]back[/WSD] to the house and entered , feeling herself returning , sensing some kind of opportunity in the empty building . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Then she fell asleep again as suddenly as a person with fever , and when she awoke it was dark outside and the clarity was [WSD]back[/WSD] in her eyes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She went into the living room and turned on three lamps , then [WSD]back[/WSD] into the kitchen where she turned on the ceiling light and the switch that lit the floods on the barn , illuminating the driveway . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  They have widely varying [WSD]backgrounds[/WSD] and aims . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  You still have your paper hat and you 're wearing it , but then , it is an extraordinary paper hat and , in addition to anything else you may be , you are also the sculptor who created that most peculiar dame out in the [WSD]back[/WSD] yard . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the grounds in back of a house
Sentence:  We 'd seen his handiwork out in the [WSD]back[/WSD] yard , and the little his tenants had told us of him did make him sound a little special . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the grounds in back of a house
Sentence:  Felix threw his head [WSD]back[/WSD] and laughed a laugh that shook the timbers of even that solidly built old house . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  His hair had receded most of the way to the [WSD]back[/WSD] of his neck . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the side that goes last or is not normally seen
Sentence:  Gibby called him [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He quickly fixed that , rolling [WSD]back[/WSD] the shades on some of the skylights and adjusting screens on the others . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  There were times now , like this , when she lost control of the time count and moved freely [WSD]back[/WSD] and forth into three generations . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  moving from one place to another and back again
Sentence:  He had ridden hard from Boston , and he was not used to [WSD]horseback[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the back of a horse
Sentence:  He slapped the reins on the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the powerful gray horse and held on as the sulky 's wheels hit a pothole and came out with a jolt and went on . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  Strange how everything here fitted [WSD]back[/WSD] into his life , even if he had been away so long . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Waited for more ships , more [WSD]lobster-backed[/WSD] infantry , and asked what was to be done with a war of rebellion ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
Sentence:  They wanted to see what his [WSD]back[/WSD] felt like - the General 's . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
Sentence:  Then , Arlene threw herself [WSD]backwards[/WSD] and wiggled in a way that was just wonderful . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  at or to or toward the back or rear
Sentence:  They both laughed and winked [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in reply