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astern
adverb
(a-stern)
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
Synonyms:
abaft
,
aft
,
Examples:
The captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about.
astern
adverb
(a-stern)
(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.
Words Related to
astern
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aft
,
abaft
,
rearward
,
behind
,
hind
,
backwards
,
stern
,
rear
,
turbine
,
back
,
backward
,
reverse
,
backseat
,
abeam
,
seawards
,
adrift
,
aftmost
,
easterly
,
amidships
,
starboard
,
northwestwards
,
westerly
,
ashore
,
eastwards
,
square sail
,
hull down
,
earthwards
,
sportily
,
foreyard
,
aboard
,
northeastwards
,
shoreward
,
northeasterly
,
southwesterly
,
mizzen course
,
crossjack
,
inhaul
,
gaff topsail
,
upwind
,
frigatoon
,
bilge keel
,
jib boom
,
balloon sail
,
loxodromic
,
loxodrome
,
foretriangle
,
stern chaser
,
sternway
,
steerageway
,
forebrace
,
downwind
,
forereach
,
rudderstock
,
drag sail
,
galleass
,
bermuda rig
,
ringsail
,
guess warp
,
gybe
,
dismast
,
gallivat
,
sternward
,
athwartships
,
passade
,
prore
,
acockbill
,
mizzen
,
sea anchor
,
hermaphrodite brig
,
knighthead
,
sail
,
keel over
,
gaffsail
,
snying
,
rhumb line
,
driftage
,
gunter rig
,
circumnutate
,
cockbill
,
guest rope
,
breastfast
,
futtock plate
,
skute
,
mainmast
,
cordeling
,
pungy
,
sternson
,
footrope
,
rowable
,
chesstree
,
rudder
,
minute of arc
,
foremast
,
gangboard
,
bowsprit
,
driftweed
,
rudderhole
,
portoise
,
orthodromy
,
sailboater
,
astern
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