Found 3 items, similar to Reversing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: reverse kebalikan, membalik, terbalik
English → English (WordNet) Definition: revers revers n : a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side [syn: revere]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Reversing Reverse \Re*verse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reversed (r[-e]*v[~e]rst");p. pr. & vb. n. Reversing.] [See Reverse, a., and cf. Revert.] 1. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart. [1913 Webster] And that old dame said many an idle verse, Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And to his fresh remembrance did reverse The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite. [1913 Webster] Reverse the doom of death. --Shak. [1913 Webster] She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. To turn upside down; to invert. [1913 Webster] A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert. [1913 Webster] These can divide, and these reverse, the state. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] 6. (Law) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree. [1913 Webster] Reverse arms (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45[deg], and is held as in the illustration. To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction. [1913 Webster] Syn: To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert; repeal; annul; revoke; undo. [1913 Webster] Reversing \Re*vers"ing\, a. Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed. [1913 Webster] Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will. [1913 Webster]