Word Meaning

Meaning of "reversed" and the crossword clue

- A set-back
- Back up; overturn
- Contrary in position
- Drive back
- Drive backwards
- Move backwards
- Move backwards in a vehicle
- Opposite
- Turn back
- Drove backwards
- Serve red as order overturned
- Turned completely around when verse written in red
- Turned inside out
- Went backwards
- Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
- That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
- That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
- The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
- The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
- To cause to return; to recall.
- To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- To turn upside down; to invert.
- Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
- To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
- To return; to revert.
- To become or be reversed.
- of Reverse
- Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
- Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.