Backed vs Velcro - What's the difference?
backed | velcro |
(back)
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
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.
To fasten tightly with Velcro.
* 1988 , Tom Leopold, Almost Like Being Here , Dutton, ISBN 9780525246329, page 8:
* 2000 , George P. Pelecanos, Shame the Devil , Little, Brown and Company, ISBN 9780316695237,
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* 2008 , Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7434-9675-9,
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)Etymology 2
From .Adjective
(-)- 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.
- a high-backed chair
- sway-backed
- red-backed shrike
- asset-backed securities
Derived terms
* asset-backedReferences
*velcro
English
(wikipedia Velcro)Proper noun
(head)Usage notes
* This term may be a trademark.Verb
- He was standing on a chair Velcroing red balloons to himself.
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- He had a seat in a leather recliner and hit the remote, which he had Velcroed to the chair.
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- Two officers stormed into I-tier, still Velcroing their flak jackets.