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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. moving from one place to another and back again;
- Example: "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"
- Example: "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"
- Example: "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day"
[syn: back and forth, backward and forward, to and fro]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. [1913 Webster] Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. [1913 Webster] 2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. [1913 Webster] When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. [1913 Webster] I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. To bring forth. See under Bring. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Back \Back\, adv. [Shortened from aback.] 1. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. [1913 Webster] 2. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it. [1913 Webster] 3. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. [1913 Webster] 4. (Of time) In times past; ago. "Sixty or seventy years back." --Gladstone. [1913 Webster] 5. Away from contact; by reverse movement. [1913 Webster] The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door. --Matt. xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster] 6. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. [1913 Webster] 7. In a state of restraint or hindrance. [1913 Webster] The Lord hath kept thee back from honor. --Numb. xxiv. 11. [1913 Webster] 8. In return, repayment, or requital. [1913 Webster] What have I to give you back? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words. [1913 Webster] 10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro. To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

back and forth adv 1: moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day" [syn: back and forth, backward and forward, to and fro]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "back and forth": alternate, alternately, back-and-forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, capriciously, changeably, desultorily, erratically, hitch and hike, in and out, inconstantly, mutatis mutandis, off and on, on and off, reciprocal, reciprocally, reciprocative, ride and tie, round and round, seesaw, shuttlewise, sine wave, to and fro, to-and-fro, uncertainly, unsteadfastly, unsteadily, up and down, up-and-down, variably, vice versa, waveringly