backward

Indicating position or direction.

The silt collects in the backward part of the tank.

Indicating position or direction.

a backward tilt of the head

Indicating position or direction.

The occasional apparent backward movement of planets is evidence that they revolve around the sun.

Engage the lock to prevent backward rotation of the wheel.

Indicating position or direction.

This is a backward step for the country.

Indicating position or direction.

This backward writing is hard to read.

At, near or towards the rear of something.

The passenger turned around and walked backward, towards the tail of the aircraft.

In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.

He tilted his head backward.

The grandfather clock toppled backward and crashed to the ground.

In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.

In reverse gear the wheel turns backward.

Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.

This project seems to be going backward.

The work went backward.

In a reversed orientation; back to front.

He had his cap on backward.

The state behind or past.

In the dark backward and abysm of time.