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Grep of noun astern pastern Overview of adv astern The adv astern has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. astern -- (stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed") 2. aft, abaft, astern -- (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") 3. astern -- ((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") Grep of adj astern asternal eastern northeastern southeastern Overview of adv astern The adv astern has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. astern -- (stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed") 2. aft, abaft, astern -- (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") 3. astern -- ((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")
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