Astern

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. Behind a vessel.
  • ad. At or to the stern of a vessel.
  • ad. With or having the stern foremost; backward.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard.
  • adj. behind
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward.
  • ad. Behind a ship; in the rear.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • At or toward the hinder part of a ship: as, to go astern.
  • Behind, at any indefinite distance: as, the ship was far astern of us.
  • In the direction of the stern; backward; back; to the rear: said of a ship: as, the current drove us far astern.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. (of a ship or an airplane) behind
  • ad. stern foremost or backward
  • ad. at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
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    astern of   
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