Synonym: back, backward, rearward, rearwards. Similar words: backwards and forwards, backward, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardly, awkwardness, towards. Meaning: [b'ækwədz] 
adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. 
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121. His right hand took hold of the guard's tie and collar and he threw him backwards through the doorway.
122. She made them walk backwards and forwards, and then trot.
123. Then he walked backwards, scraping the gravel with the side of his boot.
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124. And the Euro Citizens Actions Service said that the proposed code could even turn out to be a step backwards.
125. When excited or scared, a white streak appears on the sides, extending backwards from the pectoral fins.
126. Outside the trees are bending over backwards to please the wind: the shining sword grass flattens on its belly.
127. We can't have a conversation in the hallway, I walk him in backwards.
128. Lie flat on your back and cycle backwards with the legs 30 times.
129. He paused this way for several seconds; then slowly his whole body inched backwards along the carpet.
130. Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. Aldous Huxley 
131. He looked backwards expecting to see the rear gunner running up the fuselage to report that his gun had jammed.
132. The plate can be moved from side to side and backwards for tight corners.
133. Instead, work backwards from the end of the field, using a minus sign.
134. In a backwards kind of way, it became the decisive issue in the race.
135. Anne stepped backwards, the train rocking under her feet, making her unsteady.
136. He swerved off the track and into the gravel trap backwards, praying he wouldn't clout the wall.
137. She saw me looking at her and beckoned me, crooking her finger and inclining her head backwards, indicating the verandah.
138. So was Mary - still whizzing helplessly backwards, at a rate of knots.
139. Backwards Pretend you are a beginner who has inadvertently forgotten which end of the board is forwards and set sail going backwards.
140. She crossed backwards, blindfolded, wearing peach baskets on her feet.
141. He leant back and pushed himself away from the table, sliding backwards on the castors of his typist-style chair.
142. I felt when I came here that I was going backwards.
143. He fell backwards, already rolling as he struck the trampoline between the hulls.
144. The guard rail twisted beneath her hands, and they fell backwards into empty space.
145. The limp body collapsed backwards, the base of Zhukov's skull striking the edge of the sink with a vicious crack.
146. The presence of a particular motive can only be inferred by working backwards from the behaviour itself.
147. The wooden end caught Nogai in the face, and he pitched over backwards.
148. Lying as shown, flex the foot and swing the top leg forwards and backwards 5 times.
149. Both men went hurtling backwards, Scott slamming the newcomer's head against the bathroom cabinet.
150. Slowly straighten the arm by lifting the dumbbell backwards, keeping the upper arm still.
More similar words: backwards and forwards, backward, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardly, awkwardness, towards, inwards, downwards, afterwards, tend towards, backyard, backboard, back-to-back, back to back, backpack, regards, innards, hardship, on the cards, as regards, yardstick, house of cards, deck of cards, back, aback, living standards, graveyard shift, go back.