ciar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- backwater noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
- give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
- recede verb To move gradually back or away from a previous position.
- reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.
Senses
ciar is used for these senses in English:
- back up (idiomatic, intransitive) To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
- backpedal (intransitive) To step backwards.
- backwater To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
- give up (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
- give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
- recede To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- reverse (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
backpedal — full definition
- verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
- verb To step backwards.
- verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backwater — full definition
- noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
- noun Still water held back or diverted by a dam, obstruction, or the current of a larger river.