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Backed vs Velcro - What's the difference?

backed | velcro |

As verbs the difference between backed and velcro

is that backed is (back) while velcro is (velcro).

As an adjective backed

is (obsolete|slang) put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.

As a noun velcro is

(velcro).

backed

English

Etymology 1

From (back) (verb)

Verb

(head)
  • (back)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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.
  • (in combination) Having specified type of back.
    • a high-backed chair
    sway-backed
    red-backed shrike
  • (in combination) Having specified type of backing.
    • asset-backed securities

    Derived terms

    * asset-backed

    References

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    velcro

    English

    (wikipedia Velcro)

    Proper noun

    (head)
  • A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other of tiny fiber loops, which when brought together stick strongly one to the other.

    • Usage notes

    * This term may be a trademark.

    Verb

  • To fasten tightly with Velcro.
  • * 1988 , Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here , Dutton, ISBN 9780525246329, page 8:
    • He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
  • * 2000 , George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil , Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 9780316695237, page 58:
    • He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
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  • * 2008 , Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7434-9675-9, page 28:
    • Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.

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