Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..

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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..
Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..
Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..
Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..
Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..
Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..
Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
Reflexed :: Reflexed (a.) Bent backward or outward.
Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive..
Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..
Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..
Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..
Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..
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