backeningn.

/ˈbak(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: < backen v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of moving or drawing back.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun]

retreat1594

reciprocation1603

retrocession1642

retrogradation1644

disadvancing1659

retrocedence1703

retrogression1704

backening1748

backwarding1765

throwback1851

1748 Thompson Cast. Indol. ii. xlii With back'ning shunn'd his touch, for well he knew its power.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

backeningadj.

Etymology: Formed as backening n. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbackening.

Keeping back, retarding (vegetables, crops, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > unfavourable > keeping back crops, etc.

backening1781

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > stunted

backening1781

1781 Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 353 The first three weeks of April were cold, backening, and often frosty.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 175 A very backening season.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	backening
释义	backeningn. /ˈbak(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: < backen v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of moving or drawing back. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] retreat1594 reciprocation1603 retrocession1642 retrogradation1644 disadvancing1659 retrocedence1703 retrogression1704 backening1748 backwarding1765 throwback1851 1748 Thompson Cast. Indol. ii. xlii With back'ning shunn'd his touch, for well he knew its power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). backeningadj. Etymology: Formed as backening n. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbackening. Keeping back, retarding (vegetables, crops, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > unfavourable > keeping back crops, etc. backening1781 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > stunted backening1781 1781 Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 353 The first three weeks of April were cold, backening, and often frosty. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 175 A very backening season. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1748adj.1781
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