Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodicemaking
bodymaking
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
gadsbodikins
gladbrook
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
knowledgable
knowledgable
adj
(rare) Alternative form of knowledgeable
knowledgableness
knowledgableness
noun
Misspelling of knowledgeableness.
knowledgably
knowledgably
adv
Misspelling of knowledgeably.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgeable
knowledgeable
adj
Educated and well informed.
Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
noun
(India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
knowledgeableness
knowledgeableness
noun
The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
knowledgeably
knowledgeably
adv
In a knowledgeable manner.
nonknowledgeable
preblockading
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
unknowledgeable
unknowledgeable
adj
Lacking knowledge, ignorant, naive, or foolish.
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.