A Quick and Simple Dictionary

reverse

1. Adjective.  Having the order of its constituents moved backwards in time or space.
2. Adjective.  Causing movement in the opposite direction.
3. Adjective.  (rail transport, of points) to be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. Adverb.  (context, now) In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.
5. Noun.  The opposite of front.
6. Noun.  The opposite of forward.
7. Noun.  The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
8. Noun.  The ''tails'' side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
9. Verb.  (intransitive) To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
12. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
13. Verb.  (legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
14. Verb.  (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction.
15. Verb.  (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
16. Verb.  (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position.
17. Verb.  (rail transport, intransitive) to move from the normal position to the reverse position.