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| 1. | [ adverb ] (nautical) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | |
| Synonyms: | aft abaft | |
| 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 | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] stern foremost or backward | |
| Examples: | "the steamer went astern at half speed" |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] (of a ship or an airplane) behind | |
| Examples: | "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |
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| Related terms: | ship airplane | |
| Similar spelling: |
aster asternal asterion ashtray Asterope asteroid asterism asterisk Astarte astor astir Asteridae Ashtoreth austere |
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