Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backslash
Participle: backslashed
Gerund: backslashing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | backslash |
| you | backslash |
| he;she;it | backslashes |
| we | backslash |
| you | backslash |
| they | backslash |
Perfect
| I | have backslashed |
| you | have backslashed |
| he;she;it | has backslashed |
| we | have backslashed |
| you | have backslashed |
| they | have backslashed |
Past
| I | backslashed |
| you | backslashed |
| he;she;it | backslashed |
| we | backslashed |
| you | backslashed |
| they | backslashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had backslashed |
| you | had backslashed |
| he;she;it | had backslashed |
| we | had backslashed |
| you | had backslashed |
| they | had backslashed |
Future
| I | will backslash |
| you | will backslash |
| he;she;it | will backslash |
| we | will backslash |
| you | will backslash |
| they | will backslash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backslashed |
| you | will have backslashed |
| he;she;it | will have backslashed |
| we | will have backslashed |
| you | will have backslashed |
| they | will have backslashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backslash |
| you | backslash |
| he;she;it | backslash |
| we | backslash |
| you | backslash |
| they | backslash |
Perfect
| I | have backslashed |
| you | have backslashed |
| he;she;it | have backslashed |
| we | have backslashed |
| you | have backslashed |
| they | have backslashed |
Imperfect
| I | backslashed |
| you | backslashed |
| he;she;it | backslashed |
| we | backslashed |
| you | backslashed |
| they | backslashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had backslashed |
| you | had backslashed |
| he;she;it | had backslashed |
| we | had backslashed |
| you | had backslashed |
| they | had backslashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backslash |
| you | would backslash |
| he;she;it | would backslash |
| we | would backslash |
| you | would backslash |
| they | would backslash |
Perfect
| I | would have backslashed |
| you | would have backslashed |
| he;she;it | would have backslashed |
| we | would have backslashed |
| you | would have backslashed |
| they | would have backslashed |
Imperative
| you | backslash |
| we | Let's backslash |
| you | backslash |
Verbs conjugated like 'backslash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'backslash'
backlash,
backflush,
backshish,
backslap,
backwash,
backcast,
backlist,
backsheesh,
backslide,
backspace,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From back + slash, because it is a slash “leaning back” against the direction of writing (in writing lines from left to right), in contrast to the more common (forward) slash / (“solidus, oblique, diagonal”). The actual direction of (hand-)writing these marks can be reversed, when writing from left to right, top to baseline: the backslash forwards, the (forward) slash backwards. The naming can be explained as an anthropomorphism, assuming a bar (|) standing on the baseline, facing in the direction of writing, toppling backwards or forwards, respectively. The (new) Unicode name of \ is REVERSE SOLIDUS.
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