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asters

English

Noun

asters

  1. plural of aster

Anagrams

  • Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, assert, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

asters

  1. Plural form of aster

French

Noun

asters

  1. plural of aster

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astern

English

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) +? stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??st?n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??st??n/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adverb

astern (comparative more astern, superlative most astern) (nautical)

  1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
  2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
  3. (obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:astern.

Antonyms

  • ahead

Derived terms

  • astern of

Translations

Adjective

astern (not comparable) (nautical)

  1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
    If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

Usage notes

  • Within the ship, the corresponding adjective is abaft. An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Arents, Stearn, Terans, antres, arents, arnest, atrens, naters, santer, sterna, transe

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