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English adverb: astern | |||
| 1. | astern stern foremost or backward | ||
| Samples | The steamer went astern at half speed. | ||
| 2. | astern at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | abaft, aft | ||
| Antonyms | fore, forward | ||
| 3. | astern (of a ship or an airplane) behind | ||
| Samples | We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide. | ||
| Domain category | aeroplane, airplane, plane, ship | ||
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