backstep (English, verb)
expansion: backstep (third-person singular simple present backsteps, present participle backstepping, simple past and past participle backstepped)
Senses:
glosses: To take a step backwards
glosses: To return to a previous place or time.
glosses: To retract or take back.
glosses: To be arranged in steps going backwards.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To recede in an abrupt fashion due to marine transgression.
raw_tags: of a shoreline
glosses: To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details.
Forms:
form: backsteps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backstepping
tags: participle
present
form: backstepped
tags: participle
past
form: backstepped
tags: past