Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..

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Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
Replicated :: Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell..
Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..
Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..
Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.
Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..
Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..
Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..
Retromingent :: Retromingent (n.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
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