| backward | (adj) directed or facing toward the back or rear, Ant. forward, Example: a backward view |
| backward | (adj) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature, Ant. forward, Example: a backward lover |
| backward | (adj) retarded in intellectual development, Syn. half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded |
| backward | (adj) having made less than normal progress, Example: an economically backward country |
| backward | (adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal, Syn. backwards, Example: it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'; the child put her jersey on backward |
| Backward | v. t. To keep back; to hinder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backward | a. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backward | n. The state behind or past. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] In the dark backward and abysm of time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backwardation | n. [ Backward, v. t. + -ation. ] (Stock Exchange) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backwardly | adv. And does he think so backwardly of me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| backwardness | n. The state of being backward. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Backwards | Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Some reigns backward. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] The work went backward. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] We might have . . . beat them backward home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Backward |
| Backware { f }; Backwaren { pl } | pastries; baked goods [Add to Longdo] |
| Backwarenindustrie { f } | baking industry [Add to Longdo] |