ALL meanings of backwater
back·wa·ter
B b - countable noun backwater A backwater is a place that is isolated. 3
- countable noun backwater If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions. 3
- noun backwater a body of stagnant water connected to a river 3
- noun backwater water held or driven back, as by a dam, flood, or tide 3
- noun backwater an isolated, backward, or intellectually stagnant place or condition 3
- verb backwater to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat 3
- noun backwater water moved backward or held back by a dam, tide, etc. 3
- noun backwater stagnant water in a small stream or inlet 3
- noun backwater a place or condition regarded as stagnant, backward, etc. 3
- adjective backwater like a backwater; backward 3
- noun backwater water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide. 1
- noun backwater a place or state of stagnant backwardness: This area of the country is a backwater that continues to resist progress. 1
- noun backwater an isolated, peaceful place. 1
- noun backwater a stroke executed by pushing a paddle forward, causing a canoe to move backward. 1
- noun backwater A part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant. 1
- noun backwater isolated place 1
- noun backwater place: isolated, rural 1
- noun backwater water pushed back 1
- noun backwater The water held back by a dam or other obstruction. 0
- noun backwater (Idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc. 0
- noun backwater A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water. 0
- verb backwater To row or paddle a backwater stroke. 0
- verb backwater (Idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position. 0