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retroflect

retroflect verb: to turn or redirect back at itself.

Verb

retroflect (third-person singular simple present retroflects, present participle retroflecting, simple past and past participle retroflected)

  1. (transitive) To turn or redirect back at itself.

Forms of retroflect

third-person singular presentretroflects
present participleretroflecting
past participleretroflected
pastretroflected

Questions about retroflect

What does retroflect mean?
Retroflect means to turn or redirect back at itself.
What part of speech is retroflect?
Retroflect is a verb.
What is the past tense of retroflect?
The past tense of retroflect is retroflected.

Words near retroflect in the dictionary

  1. retrofitted
  2. retrofitter
  3. retrofitters
  4. retrofitting
  5. retrofittings
  6. retroflect
  7. retroflected
  8. retroflecting
  9. retroflection
  10. retroflections
  11. retroflective

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