backstep

== English == === Etymology === From back +‎ step. === Noun === backstep (plural backsteps) A step backwards (figurative) A regression. (geology) An abrupt subsidence or change in deposition preserved in the sedimentary record due to a marine transgression. (fluid mechanics) Flow over a backward-facing step. The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details. A platform at the rear of a firetruck where a firefighter can stand. === Verb === backstep (third-person singular simple present backsteps, present participle backstepping, simple past and past participle backstepped) To take a step backwards To return to a previous place or time. To retract or take back. To be arranged in steps going backwards. (geology, of a shoreline) To recede in an abrupt fashion due to marine transgression. To finish a specification that was initially incomplete once enough progress has been made to know all the details. === Anagrams === step back, stepback