backed adj

1 having a back or backing, usually of a specified type [ant: backless]

2 having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence" [syn: backed up]

3 used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

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backed

1. Past tense of to back.
2. Dead. He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carrying to the grave.

accepted, acclaimed, admired, admitted, advocated, applauded, approved, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, cried up, crusted, crusty, crystallized, favored, favorite, fossilized, granulated, hardened, highly touted, hornified, in good odor, incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified, popular, received, recommended, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened, strengthened, supported, toughened, vitrified, well-thought-of