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backward

— 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 — 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 — adjective directed or facing toward the back or rear a backward view — adjective (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature a backward lover — adjective having made less than normal progress an economically backward country — adjective retarded in intellectual development — 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

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curved

— adjective (= curving) having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend the curved tusks of a walrus his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard

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blade

— noun especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole — noun something long and thin resembling a blade of grass a blade of lint on his suit — noun a dashing young man gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures — noun a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard — noun a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue) — noun a cut of beef from the shoulder blade — noun the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge — noun flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water — noun the part of the skate that slides on the ice

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