🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

back noun

  /bæk/ , [-k̚] , [-ˀk] , [bak] , [bax] , [bäk] , [bæk]
  • The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
 selkä, takapuoli, takaosa, kääntöpuoli, perä, selkänoja
  • The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
 takapuoli, kääntöpuoli, nurja puoli, taka-
  • (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
 pakki, puolustaja
  • That which is farthest away from the front.
 perä, perukka

back adjective

  /bæk/ , [-k̚] , [-ˀk] , [bak] , [bax] , [bäk] , [bæk]
  • (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
 taka-, takainen
  • Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
 syrjä-, syrjäinen
  • Not current.
 vanha

back adverb

  /bæk/ , [-k̚] , [-ˀk] , [bak] , [bax] , [bäk] , [bæk]
  • (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
 takaisin
  • Away from the front or from an edge.
 kauemmas, pois, poispäin
  • In a manner that impedes.
 estäen, hilliten, kiinni, pidätellen

back verb

  /bæk/ , [-k̚] , [-ˀk] , [bak] , [bax] , [bäk] , [bæk]
  • (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
 pakata, peruuttaa
  • (transitive) To support.
 tukea

back noun

  /bæk/ , [-k̚] , [-ˀk] , [bak] , [bax] , [bäk] , [bæk]
  • A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
 säiliö

backing noun

  /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • Support, especially financial.
 kate, tuki
  • (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
 säestys, taustasoitto
  • A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
 tuki

🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

bite verb

  /baɪt/
  • (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
 purra, haukata, puraista, pistää
  • (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
 purra, puraista, pistää
  • (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
 puraista, purra
  • (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
  • (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
 purra
  • (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
 syödä, purra

bite noun

  /baɪt/
  • The act of biting.
 puraisu
  • The wound left behind after having been bitten.
 purema, puraisu
  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
 purema
  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
 suupala

biting adjective

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • Causing a stinging sensation.
  • Cutting or incisive.
  • Tending to bite.
 pureva

biting noun

  /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
  • An instance of something being bitten.
 pureminen
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