alternating
retreat
commutate
commutator
row-back
reversionistic
turn
reversionist
coming back
veer
return
the other way round
backward
retrally
AC
alternating current
alternating electric current
back
revere
normalize
swing
reversally
rheotrope
slantingly
backtransfer
reflection
reversal
proximally
retrograde
in reverse
turn around
u-turn
around
translation
about
backflux
zag
backwards
reciprocate
inverse
reorientation
change of direction
reverse
centrolinearly
reversely
slantways
commutation
slantwise
full circle
backdown
climb-down
frontocentrally
ob-
proper right
withdrawal
retral
turn back
switch
proper left
interchange
reversion
orthogonal
flip
R
alternate
flip-flop
chemical equilibrium
tack
sloping
northerly
retranslocation
vertilinear
move back and forth
sidewise
backsie
ventroproximally
sideway
ortholinear
sideways
turn about
parallelly
caudoventrally
Cab
wheel around
wind off
dorso-ventrally
wheel
unwind
unroll
alternating
reversionistic
reversionist
inverse
reverse
reversal
retrograde
retral
orthogonal
R
sloping
vertilinear
ortholinear
the other way round
backward
retrally
reversally
back
slantingly
proximally
retrograde
around
about
backwards
centrolinearly
reversely
slantways
slantwise
frontocentrally
northerly
sidewise
ventroproximally
sideway
sideways
parallelly
caudoventrally
dorso-ventrally
retreat
commutator
row-back
turn
coming back
return
AC
alternating current
alternating electric current
revere
rheotrope
reflection
reversal
turn around
u-turn
translation
backflux
zag
reorientation
change of direction
commutation
full circle
backdown
climb-down
proper right
withdrawal
proper left
reversion
chemical equilibrium
retranslocation
veer
backsie
Cab
commutate
veer
back
normalize
swing
backtransfer
reciprocate
reverse
turn
turn back
switch
interchange
flip
alternate
flip-flop
tack
move back and forth
turn about
wheel around
wind off
wheel
unwind
unroll
noun
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
- A period of meditation, prayer or study.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
verb
verb
- To reverse the direction of (a current).
- To commute; to change one kind of payment into another, especially to convert from several installments to a single lumpsum payment.
- To commute; to be invariant under a reversal of the positions of operands.
- To transform, especially into a reversed or opposite form.
- To convert from being or using an alternating current into being or using a direct current.
- To remove or reduce the legal obligations or restrictions on
adj
noun
- A change of direction or orientation.
- The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A single loop of a coil.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A short skit, act, or routine.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- A pass behind or through an object.
- An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- A walk to and fro.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- The time required to complete a project.
verb
- To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- To reach a certain age.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- To complete.
- To become (begin to be).
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- To change one's direction of travel.
- Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- To hinge; to depend.
noun
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- a coming to or returning home
- getting something back again
- the act of going back to a prior location
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- a reciprocal group action
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the act of someone appearing again
verb
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- give back
- go back to a previous state
- go back to something earlier
- bring back to the point of departure
- return in kind
- make a return
- answer back
- be restored
- pay back
- pass down
- elect again
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- give or supply
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
adv
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
noun
adj
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
verb
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- give support or one's approval to
- cause to travel backward
- support financial backing for
- be in back of
- place a bet on
- establish as valid or genuine
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in or to or toward an original condition
- in or to or toward a past time
- in reply
- in repayment or retaliation
adj
noun
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
adj
verb
- To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
- To anneal (steel) for the purpose of decreasing brittleness and increasing ductility.
- To reduce the variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
- To make normal, to make standard.
- To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
- To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
- To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
- To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
verb
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- influence decisively
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- hang loosely
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- have a certain musical rhythm
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
noun
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
noun
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
- a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
- expression without words
- a likeness in which left and right are reversed
- the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
- a remark expressing careful consideration
- the ability to reflect beams or rays
noun
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- turning in the opposite direction
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
adv
adj
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- Having a passage of music played backwards.
- Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
- Of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
- Of amnesia: relating to the period leading up to the episode which caused it.
- Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
- Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
- Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
- Of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature.
verb
- To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to decline, to regress.
- Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- To retreat or withdraw from a position.
- Of a land feature: to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
- To change (minerals, rocks, etc.) metamorphically through a decrease in pressure or temperature.
noun
- The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
- A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
- The apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- One who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; a conservative.
adv
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- in the area or vicinity
- by a circular or circuitous route
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- in a circle or circular motion
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- to a particular destination either specified or understood
- all around or on all sides
- in circumference
- from beginning to end; throughout
noun
- (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a uniform movement without rotation
- the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
- (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
- rewording something in less technical terminology
- the act of uniform movement
adv
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
- To the opposite tack: see go about.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Near; in the vicinity.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- On all sides; around.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
adj
- Moving around; astir.
- In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
- Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
prep
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
- In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- See about to.
- On one's person; nearby the person.
- Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
- Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
adj
adj
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- turning in the opposite direction
verb
noun
- The reversal of an electric current.
- The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
- Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
- The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.
- Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
- Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
noun
- A full turn back to the original direction or orientation. a point arrived at which is the same point at which it began;
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, circle.
- By extension, when a debate or discussion comes "full circle" when the participants end up going over points already discussed, even though no literal change of orientation is involved. the point at which effort has resulted in no progress.
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- An arc of 360 degrees.
adv
noun
- a retraction of a previously held position
- the act of taking out money or other capital
- the act of withdrawing
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
- the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
- a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
- formal separation from an alliance or federation
- the termination of drug taking
verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- make a shift in or exchange of
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- flog with or as if with a flexible rod
noun
- control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
- railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
- a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- give to, and receive from, one another
- cause to change places
noun
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
noun
- The action of turning something the reverse way.
- The action of reverting something.
- The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
- The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
- The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
- The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
- A sum payable on a person's death.
- The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
- An estate which has been returned in this manner.
adj
- Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
- Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
- Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
- Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.
- Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
- Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
- Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.
- Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
noun
verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to move with a flick
- throw or toss with a light motion
- move with a flick or light motion
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
adj
noun
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- a sudden, quick movement
- the act of flipping a coin
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
adj
noun
- rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name
- the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))
- rook
- Thursday
- Republican
- ring
- runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
- radius
name
character
verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- do something in turns
noun
adj
- every second one of a series
- serving or used in place of another
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
adj
verb
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fix to; attach
noun
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- sailing a zigzag course
adj
- Having all turns occurring at right angles.
- Having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
- Defining progress as one-dimensional, so that change is either a progression, a regression, or a neutral step to the side.
- Moving in one direction, in which each step leads to the next.
- Forming a line when plotted on a set of orthogonal axes.
verb
- change directions as if revolving on a pivot
- wheel somebody or something
- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- ride a bicycle
noun
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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