backed

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of back

adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete, slang)Put on one's back; killed; rendered 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, carried to the grave.”

2. (in-compounds, not-comparable)Having specified type of back.

   “a high-backed chair”

   “sway-backed”

   “red-backed shrike”

3. (in-compounds, not-comparable)Having specified type of backing.

   “asset-backed securities”

   “Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.”