slice
untwist
heterostrophy
reciprocating
retrogradely
swing
spin
reciprocate
counterswing
rollback
flap
fluttering
flapping
flutter
chop
retrotort
chop shot
battledore
backwardly
sashay
derotation
counterrotate
rock
glidingly
back
extrovert
sidle
sidewardly
tennis
backwind
badminton racket
countertwisting
scoot
crab
backswing
counterrotating
sway
swaying
shuffly
counterrotation
beltwise
sidelong
cut
turn upside down
crosscourt
beat
downglide
remotion
shuttlewise
power slide
fakie
contrarotation
back up
cable-laid
retrolateral
retruse
teeter
Solomonic
backlash
sidlingly
skew
swivelling
extort
reciprocatable
slew
awry
skew-whiff
bring about
wrick
wonky
wrench
extroverted
weave
slanted
askew
cockeyed
lopsided
involute
outswung
turn
weaving
hook
inclined
side-to-side
warple
dextrotorsion
skitteringly
twisted
intort
dive
backward
retrograde
reciprocating
counterrotating
shuffly
sidelong
crosscourt
cable-laid
retrolateral
retruse
Solomonic
reciprocatable
awry
skew-whiff
wonky
extroverted
slanted
askew
cockeyed
lopsided
involute
outswung
inclined
side-to-side
twisted
retrograde
retrogradely
backwardly
glidingly
sidewardly
beltwise
sidelong
shuttlewise
sidlingly
askew
skitteringly
backward
untwist
heterostrophy
rollback
flap
fluttering
flapping
flutter
chop
chop shot
battledore
derotation
badminton racket
countertwisting
scoot
swaying
counterrotation
downglide
remotion
power slide
fakie
contrarotation
backlash
skew
swivelling
counterswing
weaving
dextrotorsion
dive
slice
swing
spin
reciprocate
counterswing
retrotort
sashay
counterrotate
rock
back
extrovert
sidle
tennis
backwind
crab
backswing
sway
flap
cut
turn upside down
beat
back up
teeter
extort
slew
bring about
wrick
wrench
weave
turn
hook
warple
intort
verb
- To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- To cut into slices.
- To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
- To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
noun
- A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
- A contiguous portion of an array.
- A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- That which is thin and broad.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- An amount of anything.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
adj
verb
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- To turn in a different direction.
- To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- To ride on a swing.
- To dance.
- To fluctuate or change.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
noun
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A dance style.
- In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
verb
- To move sideways when bouncing.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- To search rapidly.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To move swiftly.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
noun
- The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- Special interest of an autistic person.
- Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
noun
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
verb
noun
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
verb
verb
- To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- To move gently back and forth.
- To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- To sway one's body as a stim.
- To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- to make love to or have sex with.
- To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- To cause to shake or sway violently.
- To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- to be cool.
noun
- An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
- Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- A mistake.
- Synonym of stone.
- The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- Distaff.
- The flax or wool on a distaff.
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- A basketball.
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- An Afrikaner.
- An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- The striped bass.
- A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- A lump or cube of ice.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
verb
- cause to travel backward
- be behind; approve of
- travel backward
- give support or one's approval to
- support financial backing for
- be in back of
- place a bet on
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- establish as valid or genuine
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
adj
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
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
noun
verb
- To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
- To run away hastily; scram.
- To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
- To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
- To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
- To squirt.
- To ride on a scooter.
verb
- To move (a camera) sideways.
- To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- To ruin.
- To fish for crabs.
- To back out of something.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- To complain about.
- To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To complain.
noun
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.
- The state of an aircraft's nose being pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.
- A bad-tempered person.
verb
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
- To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
noun
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
verb
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
- with parts removed
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- mixed with water
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
verb
- move with a flapping motion
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- hit repeatedly
- move rhythmically
- shape by beating
- make a rhythmic sound
- glare or strike with great intensity
- move with a thrashing motion
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- stir vigorously
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- be superior
- avoid paying
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- make by pounding or trampling
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- beat through cleverness and wit
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- wear out completely
adj
noun
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- the sound of stroke or blow
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
noun
noun
verb
- To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
- To copy (data) so that it can be restored if the main copy is lost.
- To undo one's actions.
- For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.
- To fill up because of a backlog.
- To halt the flow or movement of something.
- To provide support or the promise of support to.
- To reconsider one's thoughts.
- To move a vehicle backwards.
- Coordinate terms: back away, back off, stand back
noun
- A sudden backward motion.
- A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
- The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
- The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
verb
noun
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- The coping of a gable.
- A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
- A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
adv
verb
- To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- To hurl or throw.
- To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
adj
verb
- To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- To pivot.
- simple past tense of slay
- To veer a vehicle.
- To skid.
- To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
noun
verb
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
noun
adj
- Rolled inward spirally.
- Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
- Difficult to understand; complicated.
- Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
- Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
verb
noun
adj
verb
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- alter the functioning or setting of
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
verb
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- fasten with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- take by theft
- make off with belongings of others
- hit with a hook
- catch with a hook
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
noun
- a catch for locking a door
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
noun
- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- A jump or plunge into water.
- Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- A deliberate fall after a challenge.
- A decline.
- A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
verb
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To swim under water.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
- To jump into water head-first.
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.
adj
- Of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
- Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
- Having a passage of music played backwards.
- 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
English words for 'To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.'
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