Definizione monolingua

backwater

backwater (third-person singular simple present backwaters, present participle backwatering, simple past and past participle backwatered)

1. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
2. (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.

backwater (plural backwaters)

1. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
2. (idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
   • 1978, National Opera Association - The Opera Journal page 29

     Its a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth-century opera

3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water

Definizione dizionario backwater

	acqua di invaso
	The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

Altri significati:

A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water

To row or paddle a backwater stroke.

a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.

(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.

(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.