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backward
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adverb
(= back, rearward, rearwards)
at or to or toward the back or rear
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
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adverb
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
it's easy to get the 'i' and the 'e' backward in words like 'seize' and 'siege'
the child put her jersey on backward
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adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
a backward view
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adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
a backward lover
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adjective
having made less than normal progress
an economically backward country
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adjective
retarded in intellectual development
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adverb
(= back)
in or to or toward a past time
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
ray
Noun
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A ray is a line of light or energy, coming out from where it starts.
Some rays of light from the sun shone between the leaves of the tree and lighted the top of his head.
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A ray in math is a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.
Two rays that start at the same point make an angle.
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A ray is a type of fish which lives on the bottom of the ocean.
tracing
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noun
the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
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noun
the discovery and description of the course of development of something
the tracing of genealogies
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noun
a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image