reverse
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Is reverse a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.not-comparable
2. (botany) Reversed.Examples: "a reverse shell"not-comparable
3. (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.not-comparable
adv (English)
1. (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.Examples: "The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain."Synonyms: upside downarchaicnot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
2. (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
3. (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.Synonyms: transpose
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.Examples: "to reverse the order of books on a shelf"; "to reverse a portion of video footage"transitive
2. (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.Examples: "A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill."transitive
3. (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.transitive
4. (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.Examples: "All trends reverse eventually."; "Reverse the doom of death."; "They reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray."transitive
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.Examples: "Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?"intransitiveobsolete
6. (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.Examples: "And that old dame said many an idle verse, / Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary