backen
transitive verb
back·en
ˈbakən
-ed/-ing/-s
now dialectal
: to retard the progress of : delay
cold weather will backen the corn
Word History
Etymology
back entry 3 + -en
First Known Use
1649, in the meaning defined above
- displacement current
- displacement law
- displacement pump
- displacement theory
- displacements
- displacency
- displacer
- displacers
- displaces
- displacing
- displacive
- displant
- displanted
- displanting
- displants
- display
- display advertising
- display artist
- display key
- display line
- display pipe
- display window
- displayable
- displayed
- displayer