backwater
Kelime Anlamı :
1. pervaneyi ters işletmek.
2. ilgisizlik.
3. durgunluk.
4. durgun su.
5. siya etmek.
6. tersine kürek çekmek.
7. su birikintisi.
8. durgun yer.
9. birikinti su.
10. gemi pervanesinin geriye attlğı su.
Tanımlar :
1.
water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current.
2. A body of water thus formed.
3. A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "the running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business” ( business week).
4. A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle is pushed forward, used to check a boat's forward motion or move it backward.
2. A body of water thus formed.
3. A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward: "the running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business” ( business week).
4. A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle is pushed forward, used to check a boat's forward motion or move it backward.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the water held back by a dam or other obstruction
2. A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. to row or paddle a backwater stroke.
5. to vacillate on a long-held position.
2. A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. to row or paddle a backwater stroke.
5. to vacillate on a long-held position.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.
2. an accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
3. water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
2. an accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.
3. water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
1. water flowing in from behind.
2. water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel or the paddles of steamboats, etc.
3. water held or forced back, as in a mill-race or in a tributary stream, in consequence of some obstruction, as a dam or flood.
4. an artificial accumulation of water obtained at high tide and reserved in reservoirs, to be discharged at low tide for clearing off deposits in channel-beds and tideways.
5. A creek or arm of the sea which runs parallel to the coast, having only a narrow slip of land between it and the sea, and communicating with the latter by barred entrances.
2. water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel or the paddles of steamboats, etc.
3. water held or forced back, as in a mill-race or in a tributary stream, in consequence of some obstruction, as a dam or flood.
4. an artificial accumulation of water obtained at high tide and reserved in reservoirs, to be discharged at low tide for clearing off deposits in channel-beds and tideways.
5. A creek or arm of the sea which runs parallel to the coast, having only a narrow slip of land between it and the sea, and communicating with the latter by barred entrances.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia