astern

[A*sternĀ·]

Astern means at the rear of a ship, boat, or plane. If your seat on an airplane is astern, you'll have to walk all the way to the very back to find it.

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In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

Adverb
(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"

Adverb
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"

Adverb
stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"


adv.
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

adv.
Behind a ship; in the rear.


Astern

A*stern" , adv. [Pref. a- + stern.] (Naut.) 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. 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.

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

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