meaning of backwards
1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
3. On the back, or with the back downward.
4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
5. By way of reflection; reflexively.
6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
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