Definition of backward

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

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Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..
Retrospect :: Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past..
Retrocopulant :: Retrocopulant (a.) Copulating backward, or from behind..
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..
Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..
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..
Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..
Lateward :: Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
Ayenward :: Ayenward (adv.) Backward.
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..
Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
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