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abaft
adverb
(a-baft)
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
Synonyms:
aft
,
astern
,
Examples:
Ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft.
Words Related to
abaft
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aft
,
astern
,
adown
,
anigh
,
aslant
,
anear
,
whoso
,
withal
,
altho
,
afore
,
athwart
,
agin
,
ically
,
moistly
,
forsooth
,
forgetfully
,
cally
,
indolently
,
squiffy
,
insensibly
,
artlessly
,
betwixt
,
thereunto
,
unconcernedly
,
humorlessly
,
desultorily
,
imperially
,
amidships
,
aftermost
,
aftmost
,
larboard
,
starboard
,
ringsail
,
sternward
,
companionway
,
forebrace
,
foretriangle
,
weather deck
,
foreyard
,
forepeak
,
square sail
,
strokesman
,
midship
,
mainmast
,
rearmost
,
askant
,
jib boom
,
rearward
,
foredeck
,
athwartships
,
frigatoon
,
futtock plate
,
coaming
,
breastfast
,
bermuda rig
,
abeam
,
forehook
,
chesstree
,
hogframe
,
mizzen course
,
cockbill
,
inhaul
,
crossjack
,
crosstree
,
gaff topsail
,
afterdeck
,
acockbill
,
sternwards
,
hull down
,
aback
,
foretopmast
,
sternson
,
mesiad
,
epaxial
,
foremast
,
mizzen
,
fin keel
,
bilge keel
,
forecastle
,
snying
,
gunwale
,
portate
,
thwartwise
,
knighthead
,
stemson
,
anent
,
stern chaser
,
apperceive
,
galleass
,
hermaphrodite brig
,
gaffsail
,
abstrusion
,
dismast
,
timberhead
,
rudderhole
,
rowable
,
billethead
,
behindhand
,
forereach
,
geniculation
,
abaft
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