BACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backing mean? 

• BACKING (noun)
  The noun BACKING has 3 senses:

1. the act of providing approval and support

2. something forming a back that is added for strengthening

3. financial resources provided to make some project possible

  Familiarity information: BACKING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of providing approval and support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

backing; backup; championship; patronage

Context example:

his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives

Hypernyms ("backing" is a kind of...):

approval; approving; blessing (the formal act of approving)

Derivation:

back (support financial backing for)

back (be behind; approve of)

back (give support or one's approval to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something forming a back that is added for strengthening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backing; mount

Hypernyms ("backing" is a kind of...):

bed; layer (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance)

reinforcement; strengthener (a device designed to provide additional strength)

Holonyms ("backing" is a part of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Derivation:

back (strengthen by providing with a back or backing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Financial resources provided to make some project possible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

backing; financial backing; financial support; funding; support

Context example:

the foundation provided support for the experiment

Hypernyms ("backing" is a kind of...):

resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)

Derivation:

back (support financial backing for)

 Context examples 

A solid composed of an impermeable occlusive backing, a formulation matrix in which the active and/or inert ingredient(s) are dissolved or dispersed and an adhesive layer.

(Medicated Adhesive Patch Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

“He is backing young Jim because he knows him, and because he has more brandy than sense. His drunken confidence set others to do the same, and so the odds came down.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He saw the two gangs, aggressive and sullen, rigidly keeping apart from each other and backing their respective champions; and he saw himself and Cheese-Face stripping.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The backing up of stomach contents (reflux) may irritate the esophagus and, over time, cause Barrett esophagus.

(Barrett esophagus, NCI Dictionary)

Then she fell to backing away and sneezing, her nose bristling with quills like a monstrous pin-cushion.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Here goes,” I said, backing water with one oar and running the bow ashore.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A solid composed of an impermeable occlusive backing and a formulation matrix in which the active and/or inert ingredient(s) are dissolved or dispersed; possibly includes an adhesive layer.

(Patch Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug delivery system that often contains an adhesive backing that is usually applied to an external site on the body.

(Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

"Look here, sir," said I, backing to the door and opening it; "you can be as abusive as you like. But there is a limit. You shall not assault me."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ultimately I found myself backing Traddles into the fireplace, and bowing in great confusion to two dry little elderly ladies, dressed in black, and each looking wonderfully like a preparation in chip or tan of the late Mr. Spenlow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)