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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rearward \Rear"ward\ (-w[~e]rd), a. & adv.
     At or toward the rear.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rearward \Rear"ward`\ (r[=e]r"w[add]rd`-w[~e]rd), n. [Rear +
     ward.]
     The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used
     figuratively. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rearward \Rear"ward`\, n. [Rear + ward.]
     The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used
     figuratively. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rearward \Rear"ward\, a. & adv.
     At or toward the rear.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rearward
       adj 1: directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a
              rearward movement" [syn: reverse]
       2: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
          legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
          side" [syn: rear(a), rearward(a)]
       n : direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the
           rearward of the tank divisions"
       adv : at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back";
             "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked
             rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward,
              backwards, rearwards] [ant: forward]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rearward
     a.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     adv.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     alt.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     n.
     1 The part#Noun that come#Verb last#Adjective or is situate#Verb in
  the rear#Noun; conclusion, wind-up.
     2 The last troop#Noun; the rear of an army; a rear guard.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rearward
     a.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     adv.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     alt.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     n.
     1 The part#Noun that come#Verb last#Adjective or is situate#Verb in
  the rear#Noun; conclusion, wind-up.
     2 The last troop#Noun; the rear of an army; a rear guard.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rearward
     a.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     adv.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     alt.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     n.
     1 The part#Noun that come#Verb last#Adjective or is situate#Verb in
  the rear#Noun; conclusion, wind-up.
     2 The last troop#Noun; the rear of an army; a rear guard.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rearward
     a.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     adv.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     alt.
     toward the back or rear of something.
     n.
     1 The part#Noun that come#Verb last#Adjective or is situate#Verb in
  the rear#Noun; conclusion, wind-up.
     2 The last troop#Noun; the rear of an army; a rear guard.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rearward
     Englanti adv.
     taaksepäin

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rearward /ɹˈiəwəd/
  خلفي

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rearward /ɹˈiəwəd/
  dozadu

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rearward /ɹˈiəwəd/
  rückwärtig, hintere, hinterer, hinteres 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rearward /ɹˈiəwəd/
  rückwärts 
     Synonym: rearwards
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "rearward":
     a rebours, a reculons, aft, after, aftermost, afterpart,
     afterpiece, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards,
     astern, away, back, back door, back seat, back side, backward,
     backwards, behind, breech, counterclockwise, fro, heel, hind,
     hind end, hind part, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindhead,
     hindmost, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, occiput, posterior,
     posteriorly, postern, rear, rear end, rearmost, rearwards, retrad,
     retrograde, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece, tailward,
     tailwards, to the rear, widdershins
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 在背后,向后方;
  n. 后方,后部,背后;
  a. 向后方的,在末尾的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ad. 在背后,向后方
     n. 后方,后部,背后
     a. 向后方的,在末尾的

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