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backwatered

backwatered is the simple past and past participle of backwater.

Meaning of backwater

Verb

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.

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Questions about backwatered

What is backwatered the simple past and past participle of?
Backwatered is the simple past and past participle of backwater.

Words near backwatered in the dictionary

  1. backwashers
  2. backwashes
  3. backwashing
  4. backwashings
  5. backwater
  6. backwatered
  7. backwatering
  8. backwaterish
  9. backwaters
  10. backwatery
  11. backway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwatered (page history and authors); backwater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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