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aback
adv. backwards, to the rear; with the wind blowing against the front of the sails (Nautical)


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aback
Adverb
1. having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"
2. by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"



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Aback
(n.)
An abacus.
  
 
(adv.)
Toward the back or rear; backward.
  
 
(adv.)
Behind; in the rear.
  
 
(adv.)
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
  

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aback
adv.
اچانک , اچانچک , پيچھے کو , پشت کي جانب , ششدر رہ جانا
Taken all aback
بھوچک رہ گئے
He was taken aback to see me there.

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aback
aback /ə'bæk/
phó từ lùi lại, trở lại phía sauto stand aback from: đứng lùi lại để tránh (hàng hải) bị thổi ép vào cột buồm (buồm)to be taken aback: (hàng hải) bị gió thổi ép vào cột buồm (nghĩa bóng) sửng sốt, ngạc nhiênto be taken aback by the news: sửng sốt vì cái tin đó
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