across
controlateral
above
differently
themness
thitherside
btdubs
elsewhither
away
aside
thereaway
besides
rightmost
part ways
thisaway
otherwards
otherward
elseward
alternatively
somewhere else
yonder
alternate
otherwise
beside
hetero-
uvver
dextrally
pervert
bidirectionally
move ahead
furtherly
move along
about
counter
opposite
meanwhile
round about
otherhow
reverse
retro-
otherly
contraversive
anew
allo-
contrary
overside
afresh
adverse
⠁⠇
untowardly
on the other hand
the way
eastward
counterside
eastwards
endward
lateroposteriorly
change tack
regress
east
resituate
long way around
east-northeast
alternating
E
yield
ambidirectional
side-handedly
move around
elseways
cross-handed
opposition
secondhanded
posticously
hitherside
turn
beyond
east-southeast
run around
have a foot in both camps
back
-ways
introversion
haemad
jell
en route
face
against
feyly
leftmost
-way
controlateral
rightmost
otherward
yonder
alternate
opposite
reverse
contraversive
contrary
overside
adverse
alternating
ambidirectional
cross-handed
hitherside
leftmost
across
differently
elsewhither
away
aside
thereaway
besides
thisaway
otherwards
otherward
elseward
alternatively
somewhere else
otherwise
beside
dextrally
bidirectionally
furtherly
about
counter
meanwhile
round about
otherhow
otherly
anew
afresh
untowardly
eastward
eastwards
endward
lateroposteriorly
east
east-northeast
side-handedly
elseways
cross-handed
secondhanded
posticously
east-southeast
haemad
feyly
themness
thitherside
uvver
somewhere else
counterside
long way around
opposition
introversion
hitherside
part ways
pervert
move ahead
move along
change tack
regress
resituate
yield
move around
turn
run around
have a foot in both camps
back
jell
face
adv
noun
prep
- From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
- At or near the far end of (a space).
- across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
- To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
- So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
- In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
- Throughout.
- Spanning.
- On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
prep
- Beyond; on the other side.
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- In preference to.
- Upstage of.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In addition to; besides.
adj
noun
- Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
- Heaven.
- Higher authority.
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- More in number.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
prep_phrase
adv
- in a different direction
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- from one's possession
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- out of existence
- at a distance in space or time
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- freely or at will
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
adj
adj
adv
noun
det
adj
- Other; alternative.
- Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
- Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
verb
- To vary by turns.
- To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
noun
- A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
adv
- 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.
- To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
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
adv
noun
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a person who counts things
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adj
verb
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
noun
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- An antonym.
- An additive inverse.
prep
adv
adv
adj
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- Reversed.
- To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
verb
- To transpose the positions of two things.
- To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- To turn something inside out or upside down.
noun
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The opposite of something.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
prefix
abbrev
prep_phrase
conj
adv
symbol
character
noun
- The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
- The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
- The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.)
name
- A surname from Chinese.
- A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.
- Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.
- A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.
- A river in Highland council area, Scotland.
verb
- To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- To produce as a result.
- To give, or give forth, (anything).
- To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- To produce as return, as from an investment.
- To give way; to succumb to a force.
- To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
noun
adv
adv
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)
verb
- pass to the other side of
- 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 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
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- 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
adv
noun
adj
verb
- To go from place to place.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.
- To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
- To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
- To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
- To be very busy doing many different things.
noun
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.
postp
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- 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.
prep_phrase
verb
- To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- To have the front in a certain direction.
- To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
- To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- To have as an opponent.
- To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- To be the batsman on strike.
- To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
noun
- A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
- The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- The mouth.
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- One's facial expression.
- A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- The front surface of a bat.
- The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- Public image; outward appearance.
- Presence; sight; front.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The directed force of something.
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
prep
- In a contrary direction to.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In competition with, versus.
- In front of; before (a background).
- Close to, alongside.
- In opposition to.
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- In exchange for.
- To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- As counterbalance to.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- As a charge on.
adv
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