"Backward" is a word in ENGLISH
To keep back; to hinder.
The state behind or past.
Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the
country or region is in a backward state.
Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
Already past or gone; bygone.
Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension;
dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
Alt. of Backwards
Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Toward the back or rear; backward.
Read the complete definitionA prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
Read the complete definitionatrás - (Sp. atras) Backward, backwards, behind; to go behind, move backwards, leave or go away. Magatrás gid ikáw! Get …
Read the complete definitionatras n {1} rear wheel. Nahyúsan mi sa atras, We had a flat tire in the rear. {2} rear part …
Read the complete definitionMoving or operating backward; as, back action.
Read the complete definitionTo move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.
Read the complete definitionTo drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
Read the complete definitionThe act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
Read the complete definitionWith the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
Read the complete definitionOn the back, or with the back downward.
Read the complete definitionToward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
Read the complete definitionIn a policy of marine insurance, the phrase “forwards aud back-wards at sea” means from port to port in the …
Read the complete definitionbakliad, baklíad v [B; c1] bend ones body far backward. Mubak-líad gánì ang bátà hayan mahúlug, If the baby bends …
Read the complete definitionbálì v [A; a] break s.t. long. Mibálì siyag sanga, He broke o? a twig. Nabálì ang ákung buktun, I …
Read the complete definitionbálì balìbálì n {3} in basketball, bending the upper part of the body far to the back while shooting to …
Read the complete definitionbalík-bálik - To go or pass to and fro, backwards and forwards, back and forth, to return again and again. …
Read the complete definitionbalit-ad a inside out, belly-side up, front-side back. Balit-ad pagkasul-ub ang ímung kamisin, You have your undershirt on backwards (or …
Read the complete definitionbalituk v [A; b6] {1} do a back somersault, flip over backwards. Maáyung mubalituk ang sirkadur, An acrobat flips over …
Read the complete definitionbálus v {1} [A3S; b1c] do back to s. o. what he did to the agent. Mibálus akug pahiyum, I …
Read the complete definitionToward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
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