 abaft |
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| 1. | [ pronoun ] preposition, to the rear of | |
| Synonyms: | behind | |
| Examples: | "He went behind a bush." |
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| 2. | [ pronoun ] preposition, on the other side, temporally or spacially | |
| Synonyms: | after behind | |
| Examples: | "He went behind the store." "After dawn the birds start to sing." "She went out after me." |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] (nautical) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | |
| Synonyms: | aft astern | |
| Examples: | "stow the luggage aft" "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft" "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" |
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| Related terms: | fore | |
