bent backward
1backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… …
2bend\ over\ backward — • bend over backward • lean over backward v. phr. informal To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing;… …
3lean\ over\ backward — • bend over backward • lean over backward v. phr. informal To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing;… …
4bend over backward — or[lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a… …
5bend over backward — or[lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a… …
6bend over backward to do something — bend (or lean) over backward to do something informal make every effort, esp. to be fair or helpful Jensen bent over backward to be fair …
7retroflexed — Bent backward or posteriorly. SYN: retroflected. [retro + L. flecto, pp. flexus, to bend] * * * ret·ro·flexed (retґro flekst) bent posteriorly; cf. retroflexion …
8ret|ro|flex — «REHT ruh flehks», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. bent backward. 2. having the tip raised and bent backward. 3. made by raising the tip of the tongue and bending it backward: »Most Americans have a retroflex vowel in “hurt.” –v.t., v.i. 1. to raise… …
9joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …
10resupinate — /ri sooh peuh nayt , nit/, adj. 1. bent backward. 2. Bot. inverted; appearing as if upside down. [1770 80; < L resupinatus bent backward, turned back (ptp. of resupinare), equiv. to re RE + supin (see SUPINE) + atus ATE1] * * * …
