'Stern' definitions:
Definition of 'stern'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn: austere, stern]
adjective
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
adjective
Severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [syn: stern, strict, exacting]
adjective
noun
noun
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [syn: Stern, Isaac Stern]
noun
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
Definition of 'Stern'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS. ste['o]rn. [root]166. See Steer, v. t.]
- 1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: The post of management or direction. [1913 Webster]
- And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. [1913 Webster]
- By the stern. (Naut.) See By the head, under By. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stern'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See Starling.] (Zool.) The black tern. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stern'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. Sterner; superl. Sternest.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [root]166.] Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. [1913 Webster]
- The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stern'
From: GCIDE
- Stern \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. [1913 Webster]
- Stern board (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b) .
- Stern chase. (Naut.) (a) See under Chase, n. (b) A stern chaser.
- Stern chaser (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit.
- Stern fast (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.
- Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship.
- Stern knee. See Sternson.
- Stern port (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship.
- Stern sheets (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers.
- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stern'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- arse,
- ascetic,
- ass,
- astringent,
- austere,
- authoritarian,
- back,
- back door,
- back seat,
- back side,
- backside,
- beam,
- behind,
- bottom,
- breech,
- bum,
- butt,
- can,
- cast-iron,
- cheeks,
- churlish,
- counter,
- crabbed,
- crabby,
- critical,
- crusty,
- demanding,
- derriere,
- determined,
- dour,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- fanny,
- fantail,
- firm,
- flinty,
- forbidding,
- frowning,
- gloomy,
- grave,
- grim,
- gruff,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- harsh,
- heel,
- hind end,
- hind part,
- hindhead,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inclement,
- inelastic,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- intransigent,
- iron,
- irreconcilable,
- keister,
- lugubrious,
- meticulous,
- mortified,
- obdurate,
- occiput,
- poop,
- posterior,
- postern,
- prat,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rearward,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- reverse,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rough,
- rudderpost,
- rugged,
- rump,
- rusty-dusty,
- saturnine,
- serious,
- severe,
- sour,
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- steadfast,
- steely,
- stiff,
- stony,
- strict,
- stringent,
- taciturn,
- tail,
- tail end,
- tailpiece,
- tough,
- tuchis,
- tush,
- tushy,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompromising,
- unforgiving,
- ungentle,
- ungiving,
- unmoved,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic,
- unyielding
Words containing 'Stern'
- By the stern,
- Sterned,
- Sternly,
- Sternness,
- sterne,
- From stem to stern,
- Pink stern,
- Square stern,
- Stern board,
- Stern chase,
- Stern chaser,
- Stern fast,
- Stern frame,
- Stern knee,
- Stern port,
- Stern sheets,
- Stern wheel,
- Torpedo stern,
- Tunnel stern,
- isaac stern,
- laurence sterne,
- stern gallery,
- Pink-sterned,
- Stern-wheel,
- Stern-wheeler,
- austere forbidding stern