astern
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(r) stern foremost or backward
- the steamer went astern at half speed
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(r) 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
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(r) (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