Associations to the word «Astern»
Noun
- Gunfire
- Steering
- Tanker
- Flurry
- Cutter
- Reindeer
- Steamer
- Helm
- Lookout
- Casing
- Crowding
- Whales
- Looming
- Mooring
- Tractor
- Fireball
- Gunboat
- Freighter
- Hull
- Mast
- Nozzle
- Explosion
- Length
- Pier
- Shaft
- Christy
- Whale
- Raft
- Turret
- Tombstone
- Collision
- Neptune
- Spray
- Admiral
- Intercept
- Flotilla
- Speed
- Adventurer
- Tide
- Corvette
- Rope
- Firing
- Consort
- Warship
- Drift
- Throttle
- Bore
- Sunk
- Anchorage
- Ulysses
- Steed
- Rotor
- Heading
- Weaponry
- Reef
- Quartermaster
- Knot
- Closing
Adjective
Wiktionary
ASTERN, adverb. (nautical) Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard.
ASTERN, adjective. (nautical) behind
ASTERN OF, preposition. (nautical) behind
Dictionary definition
ASTERN, adverb. Stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed".
ASTERN, 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".
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".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.