astern

Words with a similar base: astern

'astern'

[astern.r.01] as in: stern foremost or backward

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Examples:
the steamer went astern at half speed

'astern'

[aft.r.01] as in: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

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Examples:
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'

[astern.r.03] as in: (of a ship or an airplane) behind

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Examples:
we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide