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adj. (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment; "aircraft with sweptback wings"

adj. used of hair

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adj. (of an aircraft) having sweptback wings; "a sweptwing aircraft"

adj. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

adj. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"

adj. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

adj. (backward)

adj. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

adj. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

adj. referring back to itself

adj. looking backward

adj. drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"

adj. bent or curved backward

adj. moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

adj. tending to be turned back

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