LekhoriLekhoriIndicating position or direction.
The silt collects in the backward part of the tank.
Expressing lack of development or advancement.
The child is backward in his school work.
Reluctant or unwilling to advance or act; shy.
She certainly isn’t backward in coming forward!
At, near or towards the rear of something.
The passenger turned around and walked backward, towards the tail of the aircraft.
The state behind or past.
In the dark backward and abysm of time.
To keep back, to delay, to retard.
From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”).
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In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
He tilted his head backward.
In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
In reverse gear the wheel turns backward.