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Definitions of backwards

1. at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. 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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. 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" Wordnet Dictionary DB

4. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. Webster Dictionary DB

5. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. Webster Dictionary DB

6. On the back, or with the back downward. Webster Dictionary DB

7. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. Webster Dictionary DB

8. By way of reflection; reflexively. Webster Dictionary DB

9. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. Webster Dictionary DB

10. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. Webster Dictionary DB

11. With the back foremost; to wards the back; on the back; towards past times; by way of reflection; from a better to a worse state; in time past; reversely; from the end to the beginning; in a contrary manner. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

12. Back; in time past; towards the back. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

13. In a policy of marine insurance, the phrase "forwards and backwards at sea" means from port to port in the course of the voyage, and not merely from one terminus to the other and back. 1 Taunt. 475. thelawdictionary.org

14. With the back forwards; towards the back; on the back; from the present station to the place behind; regressively; towards something past; out of the progressive state; from a better to a worse state; past, in time past. Complete Dictionary