boomerang
back-
retreat
backward
around
about
get back
rock
sway
full circle
shake
back
back and fore
normalize
back and forth
postmedial
preconfluence
resurface
retrally
rere
recover
untilt
retread
reinvent
recurrent
adjacent
circulate
side by side
opistho-
superior
next
revolute
zeroth
fore
resurfacing
rear
rearward
backhand drive
to and fro
backward and forward
crossroads
aft-
frontoposterior
near
upwards
proximodistal
alternating
hand
addorse
rebounce
perk
fore-
inverted
reslot
from stem to stern
retral
unmove
upside-down
retrograde
caudodorsally
labyrinth
caudad
reentrant
subsequent
return
transspinally
posterior
raised
rereturn
endways
retracted
centerground
endwise
hind
posteriormost
redound
basidorsal
opposition
postero-
over
frontwise
in situ
rebound
bounce
spring
recoil
again
bound
ricochet
reverberate
resile
back and forth
postmedial
recurrent
adjacent
side by side
superior
next
revolute
zeroth
fore
rear
rearward
backward
frontoposterior
proximodistal
alternating
inverted
retral
upside-down
subsequent
posterior
raised
retracted
hind
posteriormost
basidorsal
in situ
backward
around
about
back
back and fore
back and forth
retrally
to and fro
backward and forward
near
upwards
retrograde
caudodorsally
rearward
caudad
transspinally
endways
endwise
over
frontwise
in situ
again
retreat
full circle
preconfluence
rere
retread
resurfacing
backhand drive
crossroads
hand
reentrant
centerground
redound
opposition
boomerang
get back
rock
sway
shake
normalize
resurface
recover
untilt
reinvent
circulate
addorse
rebounce
perk
reslot
unmove
labyrinth
return
rereturn
rebound
bounce
spring
recoil
bound
ricochet
reverberate
resile
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
adv
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- 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.
- 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.
adj
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- 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.
- 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.
noun
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
adv
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- all around or on all sides
- in the area or vicinity
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
adj
verb
noun
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
- hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- pitching dangerously to one side
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
verb
- move back and forth or sideways
- move or cause to move back and forth
- move with or as if with a tremor
- shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- undermine or cause to waver
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- get rid of
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state
noun
- building material used as siding or roofing
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
adv
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
adj
- 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).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- 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.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
postp
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
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).
adv
adj
noun
verb
- To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
- To regain one's composure, balance etc.
- to salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)
- To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
- To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
- To cover again.
- To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
- To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process
noun
noun
- A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.
- A person who re-entered military service in World War II after serving in World War I.
- A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
verb
- To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly.
- To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.
- To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
prefix
adj
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Greater in size or power.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Printed in superscript.
- (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- More comprehensive.
- (of a planet) Closer to the Earth than to the Sun.
- Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
noun
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
adv
verb
prep
adj
- Physically close.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- Close in time.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Approximate, almost.
- On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
noun
noun
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- something written by hand
- ability
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- one of two sides of an issue
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a card player in a game of bridge
- a round of applause to signify approval
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- physical assistance
verb
verb
- To appear from below or behind something, emerge, pop up, poke out.
- To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
- Of coffee: to be produced by heated water seeping (“percolating”) through coffee grounds.
- To make (coffee) in a percolator or a drip coffeemaker.
noun
adj
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.
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.
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.
verb
- to twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path
- to enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth
- to render lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth
- to arrange in the form of a labyrinth
noun
- Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
- A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
- An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
- A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
- Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
- A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
noun
- An angle or part that reenters itself.
- A valley between a pair of parallel ridges
- One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.
adj
- Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
- Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart)
- Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
- That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
- Reentering; pointing inward.
- Having the strings not ordered according to pitch (having a re-entry)
verb
- To place or put back something where it had been.
- To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
- To recur; to come again.
- To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
- To come or go back (to a place or person).
- To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- To report, or bring back and make known.
- To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
- To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
- To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
- To say in reply; to respond.
- To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
- To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
noun
- The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- An answer.
- A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
- A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
- The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- A return ticket.
- An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
- An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
- The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
- Gain or loss from an investment.
- A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
- A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- A carriage return character.
- The act of returning.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
noun
verb
- To reverberate, to echo.
- To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).
- To roll back; to be sent or driven back.
- To arise from or out of something.
- To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.
- To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.
- To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
noun
- a direction opposite to another
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- the relation between opposed entities
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a body of people united in opposing something
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
prefix
verb
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop into a distinctive entity
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
noun
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a natural flow of ground water
- a point at which water issues forth
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adv
- Back (to a former place or state).
- Another time; once more.
- I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
- Over and above a factor of one.
- Moreover; besides; further.
- Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
- Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
- Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
verb
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
adj
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