astern

astern
    adv 1: stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at
           half speed"
    2: 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" [syn: {aft},
       {abaft}, {astern}] [ant: {fore}, {forward}]
    3: (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"
    

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.
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   2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern."
      --De Foe. "Left this strait astern." --Drake.
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   {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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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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