'astern' definitions:

Definition of 'astern'

From: WordNet
adverb
Stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
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" [syn: aft, abaft, astern] [ant: fore, forward]
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"

Synonyms of 'astern'

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