deshanksuman/cornercases_fews_wsd huggingface dataset:
Sentence:  I knew that my attorney was eccentric and a little crazy from time to time but after I saw his performance during the course of the temporary restraining order hearings, I was convinced that he was the right man for the job no matter what. After all, we were up against the entire County of Inyo law-enforcement apparatus and we beat them and now on the [WSD]back stretch[/WSD] of this fundamental titanic struggle between good and evil, my attorney in whom I had so much confidence is now no longer ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The middle part of an event.
Sentence:  [WSD]Holla back[/WSD] when you get outta church. just got ya message, i saw it when it popped up. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To contact again at a later time.
Sentence:  Many of these students, in fact, do [WSD]stay back[/WSD] and work in Singapore after their studies are over. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
Sentence:  One aspect of the story that appears interesting is that the alleged rapist and victim are only referred to by name together in the same sentence once. In all the other sentences, one receives more focus, while the other is [WSD]backgrounded[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To put in a position that is not prominent.
Sentence:  The [WSD]flowback[/WSD] of returning Arab 'guest workers' from Arab oil-rich states may be decomposed into two components: ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.
Sentence:  When I was in a primary school, I was a [WSD]backbencher[/WSD] student. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
Sentence:  Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a [WSD]layback[/WSD] spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside.Image:Crack climbing layback left.jpg 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin
Sentence:  There is a constant [WSD]crossback[/WSD] movement, first with one foot and then with the other. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A step in which one leg crosses behind the other.
Sentence:  The watch stolen from Dan Payton had been an Elgin, with a [WSD]screwback[/WSD] military case. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
Sentence:  I have heard of a thing they call Doomsday book―I am clear it has been a rental of [WSD]back-ganging[/WSD] tenants. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Behind or late in payment or rent; in arrears.
Sentence:  Yeah bitch! I got a [WSD]backshot[/WSD] and that shit felt good as hell! 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (slang) A sexual position in which the man penetrates his partner from behind.
Sentence:  He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he [WSD]got back[/WSD] to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Return to where one came from.
Sentence:  If it is, as one supposes, the same scribe who wrote the verso, his [WSD]backhandedness[/WSD] had been cured by putting the tablet in a better position. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Leftward slant.
Sentence:  Shekha, Sir Kakkar and Yavi were sitting on the front bench. Himani and Kjinlay were sitting on the [WSD]backbench[/WSD]; all of them were concentrating on the proceedings of the court 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A back bench in a courtroom.
Sentence:  Where the traffic over a railroad crossing consisted of 5 locomotive round-trips weekly and 1,275 motor vehicles daily, the Commission held that public safety required not only standard reflector-type advance and [WSD]crossback[/WSD] crossing warning  signals be erected, but that a member of the train crew precede each locomotive, car or train across the highway and warn the traveling public. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An "X"-shaped railroad crossing sign.
Sentence:  And by the way, it also incites some [WSD]backshot[/WSD] (a Caribbean term for a well-known sex position) and spanking tendencies during sexual activity for some. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (slang) A sexual position in which the man penetrates his partner from behind.
Sentence:  The upper [WSD]backstretches[/WSD] require that you stand in position with your feet at a slight distance apart 'than shoulder-width, while the knees are bent slightly.' Intertwine the fingers and then 'push your hands as far away from' the chest area 'as feasible.' 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
Sentence:  Although no subsequent year matched this high percentage of returnees, disconsolate "[WSD]gobacks[/WSD]" remained a permanent feature of the overland emigrations ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An emigrant heading west on the (Oregon Trail) who gave up and turned back to the east.
Sentence:  The clip was a variation of the [WSD]screwback[/WSD]; today, many persons who cannot wear pierced earrings choose clips as an option. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
Sentence:  Therewith [WSD]aback[/WSD] she started. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Towards the back or rear; backwards. (First attested prior to 1150.)<ref name=SOED>(page=2)</ref>
Sentence:  The Goons kept appearing and disappearing in different places, always closer to them, as they worked their way over the [WSD]humpback[/WSD] of the terrain. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
Sentence:  They [WSD]gave back[/WSD] and came no farther. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To recede; to retreat.
Sentence:  ... I stared up at the raw spots on his cheek and thought, there is no safety anywhere: a [WSD]humpback[/WSD], a cripple—they all have the trigger that sets love off. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
Sentence:  I'll [WSD]holla back[/WSD] at you later, he wrote, ending our conversation. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To contact again at a later time.
Sentence:  The attacker steps across his body and places his right foot on the mat. As he does this, the attacker uses his left hand to pull on his opponent's right sleeve and uses his left hand to start his [WSD]backstep[/WSD]." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A step backwards
Sentence:  So it is to the mutual advantage of social primates to [WSD]backscratch[/WSD] for each other. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To (scratch) one's or another's (back).
Sentence:  If Hufnagel's looking for a hint, he might want to get his defence to focus on [WSD]slotback[/WSD] P.K. Sam. Even though the Argos say they want to run the ball more, passing will remain the key part of the equation. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A particular position in Canadian football, similar to a hybrid between wide receiver and running back. This position is more common in the Canadian game than its American counterpart.
Sentence:  "Yet well's our day for this, we have a good [WSD]backfriend[/WSD] that will gar our cause stand right again." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
Sentence:  For the first time since beginning his macabre descent into the [WSD]wayback[/WSD], Eddie had no compulsion to follow his past. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A very remote time or place.
Sentence:  With care it is possible to combine a median-of-three mechanism with partitioning that avoids [WSD]backstep[/WSD] initialization. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
Sentence:  A notable instance of this character was the issue by the city in 1873 of the "[WSD]Brownbacks[/WSD],” so called, as circulating notes, which were not regarded as a violation of this provision of the charter, and which were retired by the proceeds of a special  tax levied and collected for that purpose after the present charter came in force. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
Sentence:  The name [WSD]fireback[/WSD] comes from this bird's dazzling plumage. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus "Lophura".
Sentence:  The season lasted about as long as it took McNeely to leave his [WSD]backprint[/WSD] on the canvas. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
Sentence:  His [WSD]backhanded[/WSD] way of analyzing values means that there could be no systematic treatment of the functional consequences for behavior of specific ideas, values, and idea-value complexes. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
Sentence:  But down there on the line or under the basket, our opponents called us [WSD]'crossbacks[/WSD],' 'Micks' or even worse. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A Catholic.
Sentence:  "And have that boor D'Hérouville laugh? No! Let him give me the chance, and I will give him the [WSD]back of my hand[/WSD]." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A slap.
Sentence:  On the bare hills one begins to see unfamiliar silhouettes of animals against the sky. ... the peaked [WSD]humpbacks[/WSD] of gnu on a ridge ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
Sentence:  The teacher also gets an idea of the "[WSD]backbenchers[/WSD]" or the slow students since he can see which desk is still to send an answer. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
Sentence:  The transplant procedure involves obtaining the graft to be transplanted (from a cadaver or living donor), [WSD]backbench[/WSD] work (special preparation of the graft before transplantation), and transplantation into the recipient. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation.
Sentence:  The fount of social problems, he argues, is that human morality grew out of the natural principles of tit-for-tat and mutual [WSD]backscratching[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To engage in a (reciprocal) (action).
Sentence:  Zervas was rather [WSD]taken aback[/WSD] to learn that Ares Veloutiotes, the communist leader, was on his way to the village because there was no friendship between them. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
Sentence:  The [WSD]cutback[/WSD] is one of the sport's three fundamental turns, along with the bottom  turn and top turn. "It's the purest power move in the book," Australian surf  journalist Nick Carroll wrote in 2000. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
Sentence:  For students who are seriously interested in studies, the front row gives them good proximity to the teacher, while for the students who want to avoid studying, the [WSD]backbenches[/WSD] are good. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The back row of a classroom.
Sentence:  Prine's balladeering also includes social comment, as in Sam Stone, a song about a veteran returning from "the conflict overseas with a Purple Heart and a [WSD]monkey on his back[/WSD]." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An addiction, especially to narcotic drugs.
Sentence:  They asked matter-of-fact questions about harrowing tales that the victims had been trying to tell other media outlets, only to receive [WSD]knockback[/WSD] after [WSD]knockback[/WSD] for more than a year. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A rejection; a refusal.
Sentence:  PM predicts water recycling [WSD]backflips[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
Sentence:  These [WSD]backstories[/WSD] cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person.
Sentence:  Wellborn said it might not be so much "crossovers" as "[WSD]crossbacks[/WSD]" — Republicans returning to the party fold after their 1972 flirtation with Wallace — who would help Reagan upset Ford. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A return to the original course of action by one who previously changed to a different course of action, or the person making that return.
Sentence:  ...to resist the farther advance of the [WSD]greybacks[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
Sentence:  Dominic Gatto liked to have someone at the track to represent him when one of his horses raced at Arlington Park or Belmont or Prescott Downs. Someone to relay a word to the jockey, keep a sharp eye on the trainer, distribute tips to the [WSD]backstretch[/WSD] workers who were made to understand that Mr Dominic appreciated their services. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
Sentence:  We were just about finished when two large ravens descended with thunderous [WSD]backwings[/WSD] that sounded like chopper blades. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An act of backwinging.
Sentence:  ClickStart could be seen as a [WSD]backhanded[/WSD] way of admitting that, to date, the Internet had done exceedingly well by white people as compared to black; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Indirect.
Sentence:  With the help of a [WSD]screwback[/WSD] shovel, it was excavated to a depth of 13 ft. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
Sentence:  He went through a couple of bottles of wine and made a speech denouncing [WSD]wetbacks[/WSD] and Asian immigrants. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
Sentence:  For a grant this size, you would expect either that the vesting occurs over a considerably longer period or is [WSD]backloaded[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period
Sentence:  There are drink deals to match, like the Recession Special, which nets you a PBR tall boy, a shot of whiskey. and a shot of spicy [WSD]pickleback[/WSD] for a modest $6. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The shot of pickle brine itself as a chaser.
Sentence:  He must have overshot the mark, and must [WSD]hark back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Of hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent.
Sentence:  Russell's clandestine attempt to initiate diplomatic contact with the Confederacy left an image of [WSD]backhandedness[/WSD] that substantiated Seward's direst premonitions about British self-interest. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Deceit or neglect.
Sentence:  Those who live in the “[WSD]waybacks[/WSD]” should have better roads. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A very remote time or place.
Sentence:  Go over several movements that the running backs and quarterback can make (i.e., option, [WSD]crossback[/WSD] plays, quick pitches, sweeps, etc.). 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A play in which the player with the ball crosses to one side of the field and then doubles back to the other.
Sentence:  [WSD]Screwback[/WSD] time is a limiting factor when the plastication rate of the machine is too small or if the cooling time is small, as is the case with thin-walled mouldings. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
Sentence:  So you′ve had a [WSD]knockback[/WSD]. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A rejection; a refusal.
Sentence:  Set in the 1930s in rural Nova Scotia, the film opens, in colour, with a [WSD]backshot[/WSD] of the filmmaker — all that is evident are her dreads — typing its title and the details of its setting into a laptop computer. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A shot taken from behind the subject.
Sentence:  Courageously (given Ranger's status in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and his status as a [WSD]silverback[/WSD] in North Atlantic Academe), Kriger dissents from their arguments. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A dominant older human male.
Sentence:  I'd decrypted his puzzle easily enough. He'd left it in Zykovski six-gen, a function he knew I could deconstruct, and the pages of slipbeacon data that unfolded had led me here: an abandoned energy plant on another mined-out rock somewhere in the cold [WSD]backstretches[/WSD] of Imperial space. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The middle part of an event.
Sentence:  Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close...above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one's visual [WSD]background[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Sentence:  'Sir, you have to get back,' said a uniformed voice, an ambulance officer this time. 'We're asking everybody to [WSD]stay back[/WSD].' 'I live here,' he said. 'With my wife and my boy. Have you seen them?' 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.
Sentence:  ... if some peers (I am very sorry they are not as many as they ought to be) set themselves, in the great concern of peers and commons, against a [WSD]back-stairs[/WSD] influence and clandestine government, then the alarm begins; then the constitution is in danger of being forced into an aristocracy. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Secret or furtive.
Sentence:  Monna Brigida, who had [WSD]backslided[/WSD] into false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
Sentence:  Bernhard had been called back to headquarters for a conference, a general review of current operations with special attention to methods and sources, connecting dots while they [WSD]walked back the cat[/WSD], a dispirited and dispiriting exercise. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.
Sentence:  Together, the MathDocument and PaperController classes comprise the MathPaper application's front end, while the Evaluator makes up the application's [WSD]back end[/WSD]. This technique of having separate front and [WSD]back ends[/WSD] is a common ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  That part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user; the internals rather than the user interface.
Sentence:  I'll recommend a good way to calculate [WSD]backhoe[/WSD] production rates. Then we'll look at the two [WSD]backhoes[/WSD] you'll be using, the wheeled [WSD]backhoe[/WSD] and the tracked [WSD]backhoe[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket.
Sentence:  Slackwater, or the [WSD]backset[/WSD] caused by the overflow. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
Sentence:  "The 2½ years since have been about hammering home these points in any European capital that would listen. And in spite of capacity-sapping talks on the first point – Brexit, border and [WSD]backstop[/WSD] – the Department of Foreign Affairs and other government departments have been working quietly to make good on the second. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
Sentence:  I had dinner with Henry Bornstein in his very confined living quarters (between his shop and his [WSD]backstore[/WSD]) during which he gave me an interesting account of some orthodox Jewish customs. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An area in the back of a store or shop.
Sentence:  An uncircumcised man should always take special precautions when bathing to [WSD]pull back[/WSD] the foreskin and clean carefully around the glans. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  to pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.
Sentence:  Take heed of these [WSD]clawbacks[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A flatterer or sycophant.
Sentence:  Andrade first encountered the [WSD]redback[/WSD]— whose lethal bite gives it as infamous a reputation in Australia as the black widow enjoys here in North America—when her grad-school adviser asked to travel to go to Perth to study them. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A venomous spider, (ver=161221), endemic to Australia.
Sentence:  ...another on the sell-by date in the [WSD]wayback[/WSD] where a living one looks out at maple elm and ash 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A very remote time or place.
Sentence:  The chances are that he will stay with his first love, the needle, and that the habit will lose the glorious drive and tingle that it had at first, and become the [WSD]"chinaman on his back[/WSD]" who drives him like a slave to get more money to buy more "junk". 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A drug addiction.
Sentence:  Some casters can do a cross-body or [WSD]backhanded[/WSD] cast quite effectively. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Sentence:  They scooted into a double seat near the rear and noticed that even with four people squeezed into the [WSD]backbench[/WSD], they had been lucky to find the last empty places. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The back seat of an automobile, van, or bus.
Sentence:  He got his hand on her behind and caressed her firm, ample flesh...."You got some [WSD]back[/WSD] on you, girl." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Large and attractive buttocks.
Sentence:  Among the large collection of historic criminal daguerreotypes, tintypes, and ambrotypes on display was that of Louis Degurie, who was one of the first to use photography to make counterfeit "[WSD]brownbacks[/WSD]," in 1862. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
Sentence:  Easily identified by a red, orange or brownish stripe on the abdomen, [WSD]Redbacks[/WSD] are responsible for by far the most spider bites in Australia. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A venomous spider, (ver=161221), endemic to Australia.
Sentence:  Do thou but think / What 'tis to cram a maw or clothe a [WSD]back[/WSD] / From such a filthy vice 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase (clothes on one's back).)
Sentence:  A mistake which is often made by our South African militants is to assume that we are cleverer than the police, that we can out-manoeuvre the [WSD]'hairybacks[/WSD]' and the 'rock spiders'... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A white Afrikaner.
Sentence:  For long, awkward spells, City looked out of their depth. Dani Alves and Jordi Alba attacked like whippets from the [WSD]full-back[/WSD] positions. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A player who plays on the left or right side of defence.
Sentence:  But in the open ([WSD]screwback[/WSD]) position, the plastic must progress through a series of labyrinths which produces a more turbulent flow. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
Sentence:  No one ever believed that Leif meant any harm, but all the luck he brought was [WSD]backhanded[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Backwards, turned around.
Sentence:  Reggie poured me a [WSD]pickleback,[/WSD] which he described as the house specialty: a shot of Old Crow bourbon and an accompanying shot of brine from a jar of McClure's spicy dills. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
Sentence:  If I do use [WSD]backlight[/WSD], it's not to separate the subject from the background; I use it to set a psychological mood, or to create a look. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Light that is behind a photographic subject.
Sentence:  Any time you've got a guy who can score 63 goals, let him, and find someone else to [WSD]backcheck[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
Sentence:  He sometimes paid Descartes the [WSD]backhanded[/WSD] compliment—[WSD]backhanded[/WSD] because it detracted from the Frenchman's much-vaunted originality— of suggesting that his major achievement was to restore the study of Plato. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Sentence:  It was [WSD]backscratched[/WSD] into existence, cost nearly a billion pounds, and now they are wondering why they let it happen. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To engage in a (reciprocal) (action).
Sentence:  We drove [WSD]back[/WSD] to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To or in a previous condition or place.
Sentence:  ... it joins Clark fork twenty miles farther on, at the second apex of a sharp [WSD]backhanded[/WSD] turn or zigzag by which this river shifts from one northwestward course to another... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Backwards, turned around.
Sentence:  The white band on the under side of the [WSD]backwings[/WSD] is often reduced. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  One of the posterior pair of wings on an insect.
Sentence:  It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the [WSD]back[/WSD] turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Sentence:  As we stated in previous chapters, counselors and other student support personnel have been [WSD]backbenchers[/WSD] in the ongoing drama of school reform. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
Sentence:  Predictably in the second half it was the Potters, who went searching for goals as Fulham [WSD]sat back[/WSD] to defend their lead. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To relax, to not exert oneself.
Sentence:  Thanks to social media getting all nostalgic on [WSD]Throwback Thursdays[/WSD], everyone knows you once sported a mullet. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A Thursday on which someone follows this tradition by sharing previously-used content.
Sentence:  The new propeller which was installed in 1982 was a [WSD]screwback[/WSD] type with a diameter of 5,500 mm. and a mean pitch of 4,290 mm. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
Sentence:  ... but I am ever behindhand with my purposing, and remember a project when it is too late to put it into action. Many a fight that same [WSD]backhandedness[/WSD] has led me into. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Deceit or neglect.
Sentence:  As the anchor fetches her up, she will swing head to wind, bringing the head sails [WSD]aback[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way. (First attested in the late 17th century.)<ref name=SOED/>
Sentence:  Finished Measurements: Bust (in): 34.5-(38-41.5-45)” [WSD]Crossback[/WSD] (in): l4-(14.75-15.75-l6.25)” 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The measurement from the outer edge of one shoulder blade to the outer edge of the other.
Sentence:  The girl threw back her head and laughed merrily. "You poor young man," she cried; "put that way it does sound alarming." Then she grew serious again. "There's plenty of time for you to [WSD]back out[/WSD] now if you like. Just call the waiter, and ask for my bill. We'll say good-bye, and the incident will finish." 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
Sentence:  We settled Gord with Thea, Jim and Jane in the [WSD]backbench[/WSD] of church, then joined him there. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The back pew of a church.
Sentence:  The [WSD]crossback[/WSD] measurements of the Chinese subjects ranged from 35.56-43.18 cm (14.00-17.00 in). 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The measurement from the outer edge of one shoulder blade to the outer edge of the other.
Sentence:  In situations of low ministerial turnover and increased professionalisation of politics, with most TDs regarding politics as a career, Taoisigh could find that impatience on the [WSD]backbenches[/WSD] leads to calls for leadership turnover to effect promotions. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by rank-and-file members.
Sentence:  The French ... had [WSD]put back[/WSD] to Toulon. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To turn back; to return.
Sentence:  If [WSD]Throwback Thursday[/WSD] isn't a good fit for your goals, come up with your own recurring content theme. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A social media tradition of sharing previously-used content on Thursdays.
Sentence:  This [WSD]backstairs[/WSD] visit was all about sex ... 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Secret or furtive.
Sentence:  'Because my stupid father thought it would be good for me to [WSD]stay back[/WSD] and serve NS. he actually insisted that I do it.' 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours
Sentence:  Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown's best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a [WSD]backstory[/WSD] that many people in Britain can identify with. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The previous life and experiences of a person, especially a character in a dramatic work, but also a real-life person.
Sentence:  After two years of work, the maps they are drawing show some deadends, [WSD]crossbacks[/WSD], and long stops; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A hairpin bend.
Sentence:  Mayorga was no [WSD]backbencher[/WSD] in the dirty war. He had been chief of the naval base in Trelew in 1972, when one of the first massacres took place. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
Sentence:  Two main phenomena have been emphasized: (a) The transient nature of plastication during periods of screw rotation ("[WSD]screwback[/WSD]") in comparison with the similar process in continuous extrusion. (b) The significant amount of melting produced by thermal conduction from the barrel while the screw is not turning. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
Sentence:  We've seen that before, too: civil rights era sit-ins and freedom rides with multiracial participants drew the fierce ire of authorities alike, but black protesters were far more likely to be targeted with harsh jail sentences and violent [WSD]pushback[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
Sentence:  I will [WSD]back[/WSD] him [a horse] straight. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To get upon the back of; to mount.
Sentence:  An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham [WSD]back-to back[/WSD] Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  sequential or consecutive.
Sentence:  But what I referred to there was, if the [WSD]backwing[/WSD] of a racer is trimmed, I would not recommend entering that bird in a race in which there was a headwind. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The back portion of a bird's wing.
Sentence:  The author worked with two main study groups of gorilla in that region. Each contained a fully mature male (silverback), who was the obvious leader of the group, and a younger male of around 9 years of age ([WSD]blackback[/WSD]), who had not yet assumed full adult morphology. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An adolescent male gorilla or chimpanzee.
Sentence:  Unfortunately those who worked so hard for the fund did not realise the real needs of the [WSD]waybacks[/WSD] or indeed of some settlers who are not considered [WSD]waybacks[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An uneducated person from a remote area.
Sentence:  Two experimental versions of the X-shaped railway [WSD]crossback[/WSD] sign (white with red border, and yellow with black border) and the Canadian standard were compared in a series of 4 experiments. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  An "X"-shaped railroad crossing sign.
Sentence:  In view of this, it is clear why internet service providers (ISPs) are inclined to play a  [WSD]backbench[/WSD] role when it comes to combating file sharing. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Secondary or inactive.
Sentence:  [WSD]Throwback Thursday[/WSD] is another way to integrate your loved one into your life online. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A social media tradition of sharing previously-used content on Thursdays.
Sentence:  Far is our church from encroaching upon the civil power; as some who are [WSD]backfriends[/WSD] to both would maliciously insinuate. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A false friend; a secret enemy.
Sentence:  He prefers to be a [WSD]backbench[/WSD] MP. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  relating to the back benches in parliament
Sentence:  No wonder it doesn't work. The whole design is [WSD]ass-backwards[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.
Sentence:  We'll meet out in the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the library. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
Sentence:  The building's [WSD]backside[/WSD] faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, "especially" (euphemism) an outhouse.
Sentence:  The [WSD]back end[/WSD] of the operation is kept out of sight of the customers. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The rear, back, or unseen portion (of something).
Sentence:  We met many years [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Earlier, ago.
Sentence:  As a [WSD]fallback[/WSD], I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
Sentence:  The antivirus program is running in the [WSD]background[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
Sentence:  He scored on a [WSD]backhand[/WSD] shot. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
Sentence:  Could I get a martini with a water [WSD]back[/WSD]? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
Sentence:  He sat in the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the room. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  That which is farthest away from the front.
Sentence:  There was tons of noise in the [WSD]background[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
Sentence:  The ship's [WSD]back[/WSD] broke in the pounding surf. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The keel and keelson of a ship.
Sentence:  If you hurt me, I'll hurt you [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In a reciprocal manner; in return.
Sentence:  to throw the arms [WSD]backward[/WSD] 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In the direction towards the back; backwards
Sentence:  When I [WSD]get back[/WSD] from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Return to where one came from.
Sentence:  The statue was [WSD]set back[/WSD] in a niche. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
Sentence:  Don't [WSD]hold back[/WSD]. Hit it as hard as you can. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
Sentence:  I hung the clothes on the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the door. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
Sentence:  The car was near the [WSD]back[/WSD] of the train. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The part of something that goes last.
Sentence:  When he said I wasn't there, I told him I was, and my buddy [WSD]backed[/WSD] me [WSD]up[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To provide support or the promise of support to.
Sentence:  They tried to [WSD]piggyback[/WSD] that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
Sentence:  Fear held him [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In a manner that impedes.
Sentence:  The popular host can't claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn't his. He [WSD]piggybacked[/WSD] off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners. <!--source?--> 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
Sentence:  Turn the book over and look at the [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
Sentence:  Step [WSD]back[/WSD] from the curb. <!-- Step further back--> 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Away from the front or from an edge.
Sentence:  This isn't working. Let's [WSD]back up[/WSD] and think about it. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To reconsider one's thoughts.
Sentence:  The meeting has been [WSD]put back[/WSD] to 5.00 pm. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To postpone an arranged event or appointment.
Sentence:  I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will [WSD]get it back[/WSD] when the term starts. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To retrieve, to have an item returned.
Sentence:  I still need to finish the [WSD]back[/WSD] of your dress. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
Sentence:  The lawyer had a [WSD]background[/WSD] in computer science. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
Sentence:  The small boat raced over the [WSD]backs[/WSD] of the waves. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
Sentence:  I [WSD]back[/WSD] you all the way;  which horse are you [WSD]backing[/WSD] in this race? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To support.
Sentence:  Tap it with the [WSD]back[/WSD] of your knife. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
Sentence:  They left without a [WSD]backward[/WSD] glance. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In the direction towards the back.
Sentence:  Sit all the way [WSD]back[/WSD] in your chair. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Away from the front or from an edge.
Sentence:  The titles are printed on the [WSD]backs[/WSD] of the books. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The edge of a book which is bound.
Sentence:  a [WSD]backward[/WSD] season 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Late or behindhand.
Sentence:  Don't worry. She'll [WSD]spring back[/WSD] to her cheerful old self in no time. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To move with great speed and energy: to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint;  to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
Sentence:  to walk or ride [WSD]backward[/WSD] 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In the direction towards the back; backwards
Sentence:  [WSD]Take back[/WSD] faulty goods to the shop where you bought them. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (refund) To return something to a vendor for a refund
Sentence:  [WSD]backtracking[/WSD] algorithm 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
Sentence:  The photographer let us pick a [WSD]background[/WSD] for the portrait. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
Sentence:  Having ridden the horse all day for the first time, I had painful blisters on my [WSD]backside[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (euphemism) A person's buttocks.
Sentence:  I hurt my [WSD]back[/WSD] lifting those crates. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The spine and associated tissues.
Sentence:  I love that song: [WSD]turn back[/WSD] to it! 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To adjust to a previous setting.
Sentence:  The car spun out of control and I ended up [WSD]ass-backwards[/WSD] in a ditch. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
Sentence:  He's a year older than his classmates, because he was [WSD]held back[/WSD] in second grade. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To delay the progress of, especially in school.
Sentence:  a [WSD]backward[/WSD] child 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
Sentence:  The mugger [WSD]backed[/WSD] her into a corner and demanded her wallet. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To push or force backwards.
Sentence:  The occasional [WSD]backward[/WSD] movement of planets is evidence they revolve around the sun. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In the direction reverse of normal.
Sentence:  Put some [WSD]back[/WSD] into it! 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Effort, usually physical.
Sentence:  Go in the [WSD]back[/WSD] door of the house. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Near the rear.
Sentence:  He gave [WSD]back[/WSD] the money.   He needs his money [WSD]back[/WSD].   He was on vacation, but now he's [WSD]back[/WSD].   The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To or in a previous condition or place.
Sentence:  Could you please scratch my [WSD]back[/WSD]? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
Sentence:  the train [WSD]backed[/WSD] into the station;  the horse refuses to [WSD]back[/WSD] 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To go in the reverse direction.
Sentence:  Can you fix the [WSD]back[/WSD] of this chair? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
Sentence:  I'd like to find a [WSD]back[/WSD] issue of that magazine. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Not current.
Sentence:  They did the whole design [WSD]ass-backwards[/WSD]. No wonder it doesn't work. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  In a hopelessly misguided manner; in a manner contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical.
Sentence:  I last saw him a day or two [WSD]back[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Earlier, ago.
Sentence:  They took a [WSD]back[/WSD] road. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  Far from the main area.
Sentence:  If a sailing boat's bow is pointing too high into the wind the sails [WSD]backwind[/WSD]. 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
Sentence:  Have you investigated the possibility of moving midweek holidays forward to Monday or [WSD]back[/WSD] to Friday in order to have an uninterrupted work week ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a past time
Sentence:  Nevertheless , he made a mental note to look into Garth 's financial [WSD]background[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Sentence:  Twice he had failed , and the Muscovy Company indicated it would not [WSD]back[/WSD] him again . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  support financial backing for
Sentence:  In 1602 , George Waymouth , in the same little Discovery that Hudson now commanded , had sailed 300 miles up the strait before his frightened men turned the ship [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  On the third voyage , a near mutiny rising from a quarrel between Dutch and English crew members on the Half Moon had almost forced him to head the ship [WSD]back[/WSD] to Amsterdam in mid Atlantic . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He was not the sort of sailor Hudson wanted his [WSD]backers[/WSD] to see on board and he had Greene wait at Gravesend , where the Discovery picked him up . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  invests in a theatrical production
Sentence:  The issue was settled on shore , Greene winning and Wilson remaining ashore , determined to catch the next fishing boat [WSD]back[/WSD] to England . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  One man remarked that if he had a hundred pounds , he would give ninety of them to be [WSD]back[/WSD] in England . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  Hudson named the capes Digges and Wolstenholme , for two of his [WSD]backers[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  invests in a theatrical production
Sentence:  North and south , east and west , [WSD]back[/WSD] and forth he sailed in the land-locked bay , plowing furiously forward until land appeared , then turning to repeat the process , day after day , week after week . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  moving from one place to another and back again
Sentence:  Hundreds of miles to the north , the route [WSD]back[/WSD] to England through the `` Furious Overfall '' was again filling with ice . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He is driven [WSD]back[/WSD] by his yearning to the wintry homeland of his fathers in the forest of Tiveden '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  He did not , however , settle [WSD]back[/WSD] into acquiescence with things as they were . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward an original condition
Sentence:  Some of the earlier episodes have touches of the supernatural , as suited to the legendary [WSD]background[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Sentence:  Those souls like to wander off , and must be called [WSD]back[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location
Sentence:  She jerked the coat [WSD]back[/WSD] on and squeezed it around her again , but not soon enough . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in or to or toward a former location