adj
Meaning 1
Having a sagged back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- swaybacked horse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swaybacked
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adj
Meaning 2
Having sagged or hollow surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- swaybacked roof
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Old.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- swaybacked book
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dipped, lordotic, swayback
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From swayback + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Swedish: svankryggig — having a sagged back
- Swedish: svanka — having sagged or hollow surface
- Swedish: skamfilad — figuratively, old