Word Meanings - ASTERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. --

Additional info about word: ASTERN

1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. -- To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. -- To drop astern, to fall or be left behind. -- To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ASTERN)

• Aback
• Backwards
• rearwards
• aft
• abaft
• astern
• behind
• back

Related words: (words related to ASTERN)

• ABACK
  Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. To be suddenly checked, baffled,
• ASTERN
  1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern." De Foe. "Left this strait astern." Drake. To bake astern, to go stern foremost. --
• BEHIND
  1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. 2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by
• ASTERNAL
  Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
• BEHINDHAND
  1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. 2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some
• ABAFT
  Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.
• PICKABACK
  A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R,Jefferies.
• SUPRASTERNAL
  Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
• BACKWARD; BACKWARDS
  1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events;
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• SOUTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• PASTERN
  1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse. Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the great pastern bone; the second, the small pastern bone; and the
• EASTERNMOST
  Most eastern.
• NORTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
• METASTERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the metasternum.
• METASTERNUM
  The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.
• INFRASTERNAL
  Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.
• EASTERN
  1. Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling. 2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. Eastern Church. See Greek
• HUCKABACK
  A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.