'Reverse' definitions:
Definition of 'reverse'
From: WordNet
adjective
Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" [syn: rearward, reverse]
adjective
Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear" [ant: forward]
adjective
Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect [syn: inverse, reverse]
noun
A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse, contrary, opposite]
noun
The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed [syn: reverse, reverse gear]
noun
An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye]
noun
The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design [syn: reverse, verso] [ant: obverse]
noun
(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
noun
verb
Change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" [syn: change by reversal, turn, reverse]
verb
verb
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse]
verb
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
verb
Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn: invert, reverse]
Definition of 'Reverse'
From: GCIDE
- Reverse \Re*verse"\ (r[-e]*v[~e]rs"), n. [Cf. F. revers. See Reverse, a.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- He did so with the reverse of the lance. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- To make everything the reverse of what they have seen, is quite as easy as to destroy. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The strange reverse of fate you see; I pitied you, now you may pity me. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Surg.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reverse'
From: GCIDE
- Reverse \Re*verse"\, a. [OE. revers, OF. revers, L. reversus, p. p. of revertere. See Revert.]
- 1. Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He found the sea diverse With many a windy storm reverse. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot. & Zool.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell. [1913 Webster]
- Reverse bearing (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance.
- Reverse curve (Railways), a curve like the letter S, formed of two curves bending in opposite directions.
- Reverse fire (Mil.), a fire in the rear.
- Reverse operation (Math.), an operation the steps of which are taken in a contrary order to that in which the same or similar steps are taken in another operation considered as direct; an operation in which that is sought which in another operation is given, and that given which in the other is sought; as, finding the length of a pendulum from its time of vibration is the reverse operation to finding the time of vibration from the length. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reverse'
From: GCIDE
- Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. i.
- 1. To return; to revert. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To become or be reversed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reverse'
From: GCIDE
- Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reversed (r[-e]*v[~e]rst");p. pr. & vb. n. Reversing.] [See Reverse, a., and cf. Revert.]
- 1. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart. [1913 Webster]
- And that old dame said many an idle verse, Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite. [1913 Webster]
- Reverse the doom of death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To turn upside down; to invert. [1913 Webster]
- A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert. [1913 Webster]
- These can divide, and these reverse, the state. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree. [1913 Webster]
- Reverse arms (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration.
- To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert; repeal; annul; revoke; undo. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reverse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abolish,
- about-face,
- about-turn,
- abrogate,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversity,
- adversive,
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- afterthoughts,
- alter,
- annul,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antipodal,
- antipode,
- antipodean,
- antipodes,
- antipole,
- antithesis,
- antithetic,
- antithetical,
- antonym,
- antonymous,
- assimilate to,
- at cross-purposes,
- atavism,
- automatic transmission,
- back,
- back away,
- back door,
- back off,
- back seat,
- back side,
- back track,
- back trail,
- back up,
- backing,
- backing off,
- backing out,
- backing up,
- backpedal,
- backset,
- backslide,
- backsliding,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backup,
- backward,
- backward deviation,
- backwater,
- bafflement,
- balancing,
- balk,
- become,
- behind,
- better thoughts,
- breech,
- bring to,
- cancel,
- capsize,
- catastrophe,
- change,
- change into,
- change of mind,
- change over,
- check,
- checkmate,
- clashing,
- cogwheel,
- comedown,
- compensating,
- conflicting,
- confronting,
- confusion,
- contra,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- converse,
- convert,
- counter,
- counterbalance,
- counterbalancing,
- countercheck,
- countermand,
- countermarch,
- counterorder,
- counterpoint,
- counterpoise,
- counterpoised,
- counterpole,
- counterterm,
- countervailing,
- dead against,
- debacle,
- defeat,
- descent,
- differential,
- differential gear,
- difficulty,
- disaffirm,
- disannul,
- disappointment,
- disaster,
- discomfiture,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- disenchantment,
- dismantle,
- do away with,
- do over,
- down,
- evert,
- exchange,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- facing,
- falling back,
- flip,
- flip side,
- flip-flop,
- foil,
- freewheel,
- frustration,
- gear,
- gear train,
- gearbox,
- gearing,
- gearshift,
- gearwheel,
- go astern,
- go into reverse,
- heads,
- heel,
- high,
- hind end,
- hind part,
- hindhead,
- hostile,
- Hydromatic,
- inconsistent,
- inimical,
- interchange,
- intermediate,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- invalidate,
- inverse,
- invert,
- inverted,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- lift,
- low,
- make,
- make over,
- make sternway,
- make void,
- mature judgment,
- mirror,
- misadventure,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- modify,
- naturalize,
- negate,
- neutral,
- nullify,
- obverse,
- occiput,
- offset,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- opposite number,
- opposite side,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- other face,
- other side,
- overdrive,
- override,
- overrule,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- perverse,
- polar,
- polaric,
- polarized,
- posterior,
- postern,
- problem,
- pronate,
- quash,
- rack,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rearward,
- rebuff,
- recall,
- recant,
- recidivate,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconversion,
- reconvert,
- recrudescence,
- recurrence,
- reduce to,
- regress,
- regression,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relapse,
- render,
- renege,
- renewal,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repugnant,
- repulse,
- rescind,
- resolve into,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- resupinate,
- retract,
- retrocede,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- retrovert,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse of fortune,
- reversed,
- reversing,
- reversion,
- revert,
- reverting,
- revoke,
- revolve,
- revulsion,
- right-about,
- right-about-face,
- rotate,
- rout,
- second thoughts,
- set aside,
- setback,
- setoff,
- severe check,
- shift,
- slip back,
- slipping back,
- squared off,
- standard transmission,
- stern,
- stick shift,
- supinate,
- suspend,
- swingaround,
- switch,
- switch over,
- synchromesh,
- tail,
- tail end,
- tailpiece,
- tails,
- take back,
- tergiversating,
- tergiversation,
- the contrary,
- the other side,
- throwback,
- transfer,
- transform,
- transmission,
- transplace,
- transpose,
- trouble,
- turn,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn back,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn into,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn topsy-turvy,
- turn upside down,
- turnabout,
- turnaround,
- underside,
- undo,
- upset,
- upside down,
- vacate,
- verso,
- veto,
- vicissitude,
- vis-a-vis,
- void,
- volte-face,
- waive,
- washout,
- withdraw,
- write off,
- wrong side
Words containing 'Reverse'
- Reversal,
- Reversed,
- Reversedly,
- Reversely,
- Reverser,
- Reversibility,
- Reversible,
- Reversibly,
- Reversing,
- Reversion,
- reversive,
- Reverse arms,
- Reverse bearing,
- Reverse curve,
- Reverse fire,
- Reverse indentation,
- Reverse operation,
- Reversed negative,
- Reversed positive,
- Reversible lock,
- Reversible process,
- Reversing engine,
- Reversing gear,
- Reversion of series,
- To reverse a machine,
- To reverse an engine,
- change by reversal,
- double reverse,
- reverse fault,
- reverse gear,
- reverse hang,
- reverse lightning,
- reverse osmosis,
- reverse split,
- reverse transcriptase,
- reversed fault,
- reversing thermometer,
- piked reverse hang,
- reverse polish notation,
- reverse stock split,
- reverse transcriptase inhibitor,
- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor,
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor