adjective. Directed or facing toward the back or rear.

adjective. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.

adjective. Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.

adjective. Behind others in progress or development.

adverb. To or toward the back or rear.

adverb. With the back leading.

adverb. In a reverse manner or order.

adverb. To, toward, or into the past.

adverb. Toward a worse or less advanced condition.

noun. The things or state behind or past.

To obstruct; keep back; retard; delay.

In the direction of the back: as, to throw the arms backward.

With the back first in the direction of motion: as, to walk backward; to fall backward.

In the direction from which one has come; toward that which is or has been left behind: as, he glanced backward.

Toward bygone times or events; toward that which is past in time: as, to look backward to the last century.

In or by reflection; reflexively.

In time past; ago.

In an opposite or contrary direction.

In an opposite or reverse order; from the end toward the beginning; in an order contrary to the natural order: as, to read or spell backward; hence, perversely; in a wrong or perverse manner.

From a better to a worse state; retrogressively.

Directed to the back or rear: as, “a backward look,”

Reversed; returning; directed to or toward the original starting-point: as, a backward movement or journey.

Done in reverse order; done in an order contrary to the natural order, as in repeating a sentence from the end to the beginning.

Being in, or placed at, the back.

Slow; sluggish; unprogressive; unadvanced; behind in progress: as, a backward learner.

Late; behind in time; coming after something else, or after the usual time: as, backward fruits; the season is backward.

Holding back; averse; reluctant; hesitating.

Timid; bashful; retiring in disposition; modest.

Reaching back into the past; already past.

noun. The state behind or past.

transitive verb. To keep back; to hinder.

adjective. Directed to the back or rear.

adjective. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

adjective. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt.

adjective. Late or behindhand.

adjective. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped.

adjective. Already past or gone; bygone.

adverb. With the back in advance or foremost.

adverb. Toward the back; toward the rear.

adverb. On the back, or with the back downward.

adverb. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

adverb. By way of reflection; reflexively.

adverb. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

adverb. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily.

adjective. Pertaining to the direction towards the back.

adjective. Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.

adjective. Reluctant or unable to advance.

adjective. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.

adjective. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.

adjective. On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.