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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS

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astern

POS

Adverb

HYPHEN

a=stern

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial astern has 3 senses

astern(r = adv.all) - stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"

astern(r = adv.all) abaft, aft - at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "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"
astern(r = adv.all) - (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

astern, adv. [Pref. a- + stern.].

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. [1913 Webster]
Behind a ship; in the rear. [1913 Webster]

To bake astern, to go stern foremost. -- To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. -- To drop astern, to fall or be left behind. -- To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

astern, adv. Naut. & Aeron. (often foll. by of)
1 aft; away to the rear.
2 backwards.

Etymology

A(2) + STERN(2)

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THESAURUS

astern

a rebours, a reculons, abaft, aft, after, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass-backwards, away, back, backward, backwards, baft, counterclockwise, fore and aft, fro, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rear, rearward, rearwards, retrad, widdershins

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ROGET THESAURUS

astern

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.

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