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Backswept

Swept back.

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adjective
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    Swept back.

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backwardnounIndicating position or direction.
sweptback(of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.

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backwardnounIndicating position or direction.
sweptbacknoun(of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
sidesweptSwept to the side.
snowsweptnounSwept by snow; snowy.
switchbacky(informal) In the nature of a switchback.
sandwardToward or onto the sand.
switchnounA device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
skirtedverbWearing a skirt.
backshotnoun(Caribbean, Jamaica, MLE, MTE, slang) A sexual position in which one partner penetrates the other from behind; doggy style.
backslidingnounAn occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
untrackedNot tracked.
snowpowderedCovered lightly with snow. (of an area)
besnowedCovered or laden with snow.
frontsidenoun(board sports) Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward.
snowdriftedCovered in snowdrifts.
snowtoppedTopped with snow, as of a mountain.
stossnounA mountain pass and locality in Appenzell Innerrhoden canton and Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.
upslopingnounsloping upwards
slipperednounWearing slippers.
oversnowed(often poetic) Covered with snow.

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