Search for crossword answers and clues
Fall behind
Answer for the clue "Fall behind ", 8 letters:
backdrop
Alternative clues for the word backdrop
Word definitions for backdrop in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. scenery hung at back of stage [syn: background , backcloth ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE perfect ▪ The splendid grounds form a perfect backdrop to the lakeside concerts held here on summer evenings. ▪ Inside one of the observatories was the telescope that I knew immediately would make a perfect backdrop ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
backdrop \back"drop\ n. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain backcloth . Syn: background, backcloth the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as, the backdrop for the summit meeting.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Backdrop or Bankdrops may refer to: Backdrop (theater) , painted scenery hung at the back of a stage Backdrop (wrestling) , various moves in amateur and professional wrestling Backdrop CMS , an open-source content management system Painted photography backdrops ...
Usage examples of backdrop.
She had selected the La Plomo incident as the grand backdrop against which she would expose the horrible truth that would galvanize her generation into the new antinuclear movement: unnuking.
The sky was ashine with stars, thousands glittering on a velvet blue backdrop.
Above us, the Beanstalk rose up and up, occulting the backdrop of stars.
The door rattled down, returning Cruzados to its customary dimnessshe appeared to glow against the backdrop.
Her hair was long and uncontained and set a backdrop to the sheer and sculpted lines of those marvellous cheeks, Dahl hovered next to her, darting his eyes around the room as though checking for loose rigging or misaligned sails.
In their expeditions, Tally and Peris had always stuck to the waterfront, where vegetation and the dark backdrop of Uglyville made it easy to hide.
He engaged the eyes of the woman in white, floating superimposed upon the black backdrop like an angel of death and desire, her flesh showing sleek and gleaming through the rips in her gown like the skin of a succulent.
The day was clouded and gray, and the Rocs would fly unseen against the dark backdrop of the Westland mountains and forest.
The gleaming sharklike silhouette of the Lear jet formed a backdrop for a tension-charged tableau.
Beyond them, a backdrop of unsurpassed splendor, reared a majestic, snowcapped mountain.
Through the windows they could see the covered way that led to the Refitting Station, and beyond it the crags of a crater-edge, with the starshot darkness hanging like a backdrop.
And so, as I walked this particular evening, I considered the backdrop of worldwide terrorism and saw a portrait of two Americas emerging within our shores: the Rats vs.
To either side of the original, central building were more modern wings of glass and concrete and beyond those, clusters of hollowed bioforms, pumpkins and squashes rearing their tumorous hulks against the green backdrop of parkland beyond.
Color flashed in the distance and resolved into a procession of people dressed in feathered cloaks and beaded garments, colors and textures so bright that they would have been gaudy against any background, although the vast backdrop of the city and the fierce blue of the sky almost swallowed them.
A rich yellow light englobed them, and beyond, for a backdrop, a deep green undulation of shrubs and sea grape, shaking their branches as if in mimicry.