Crossword-Solution: BACKWARD
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Backward | adv. | Alt. of Backwards |
| Backward | a. | Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. |
| Backward | a. | Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. |
| Backward | a. | Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. |
| Backward | a. | Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. |
| Backward | a. | Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state. |
| Backward | a. | Already past or gone; bygone. |
| Backward | n. | The state behind or past. |
| Backward | v. i. | To keep back; to hinder. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| BACKWARD | anagram | DRAWBACK |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BACKWARD (5)
Forthwith upright he rears from off the Pool His mighty Stature; on each hand the flames Drivn backward slope their pointing spires, & rowld In billows, leave i’th’ midst a horrid Vale.
The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said, “If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.” To this the Crow replied, “I despise the weak and yield to the strong.
The helpful inmate had departed, without one backward glance to gather up the meed of gratitude, if any were in the hearts of those whom she had served so zealously.
Then I felt sideways for the projecting hooks, and, as I did so, my feet were grasped from behind, and I was violently tugged backward.
Our house had collapsed backward; the front portion, even on the ground floor, had been destroyed completely; by a chance the kitchen and scullery had escaped, and stood buried now under soil and ruins, closed in by tons of earth on every side save towards the cylinder.
Quotes with BACKWARD (3)
Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.
Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.
You live it forward, but understand it backward.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1997–2024).