English words for 'Alternative form of counterclockwise.'
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- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- 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
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
noun
adj
- Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- intended for the left hand
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
- not used up
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
adv
noun
- (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
- (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
- The left hand or fist.
- The left side or direction.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the left side of the body
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
verb
noun
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- sound practical judgment
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
verb
verb
noun
- a weight that balances another weight
- An effect of equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force or influence
- The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium
- A weight sufficient to balance another, for example in the opposite end of scales; an equal weight.
verb
noun
- a weight that balances another weight
- A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
- (figurative) A counterbalance.
noun
adj
- adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- (metallurgy) Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
- Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
- (in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.
- Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
- (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
verb
noun
noun
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- sound practical judgment
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
verb
noun
verb
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
adj
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- 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
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
adv
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
verb
noun
- a weight that balances another weight
- An effect of equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force or influence
- The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium
- A weight sufficient to balance another, for example in the opposite end of scales; an equal weight.
verb
noun
- a weight that balances another weight
- A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
- (figurative) A counterbalance.
adj
adv
name
noun
phrase
adj
adv
name
noun
phrase
adj
- Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- intended for the left hand
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
- not used up
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
adv
noun
- (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
- (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
- The left hand or fist.
- The left side or direction.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the left side of the body
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
verb
adj
- adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
- made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- (metallurgy) Pertaining to the metallurgical process for finishing metals.
- Pertaining to the industrial process for toughening glass, or to such toughened glass.
- (in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.
- Moderated or balanced by other considerations.
- (music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.