2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Backward \Back"ward\, Backwards \Back"wards\, adv. [Back, adv. + -ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. [1913 Webster] 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. [1913 Webster] 3. On the back, or with the back downward. [1913 Webster] Thou wilt fall backward. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. [1913 Webster] Some reigns backward. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 5. By way of reflection; reflexively. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. [1913 Webster] The work went backward. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. [1913 Webster] We might have . . . beat them backward home. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: backwards adv 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: {back}, {backward}, {rearward}, {rearwards}] [ant: {forward}] 2: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward" [syn: {backward}]
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