Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective At, in, toward, or close to the stern of a vessel or the rear of an aircraft or spacecraft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Oft; often.
- Nautical, in, near, or toward the stern of a ship: as, the aft part of the ship; haul aft the main-sheet, that is, further toward the stern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The
stern portion of avessel . - adverb nautical At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
- adjective (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
Etymologies
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Examples
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At this moment the steward, bound aft from the galley, paused in the doorway and listened, grinning.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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I caught him aft from the galley on a trip to the lazarette for provisions.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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This, of necessity, was the severest of all, for he had been compelled to load his comrade in aft of the balance.
Chapter VIII 2010
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The owner was dancing excitedly about and demanding an explanation, but by that time Big Alec's partner had crawled aft from the bowsprit and was peering apprehensively over the rail into the cockpit.
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You see, I am no navigator, he explained a few minutes later, as he stood by the captain aft, the latter with gaze wandering from aloft to overside as he estimated the Pyrenees 'speed.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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Oh, well, the sailors for'ard may be hard-bitten, but I can promise Miss West that here, aft, is one male passenger, unmarried and never married, who is an equally hard-bitten adventurer on the sea of matrimony.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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He had wrapped the case in plastic and tied it carefully to the bar in front of the stern seat, which we now knew—thanks to Jane—was called the aft thwart.
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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He had wrapped the case in plastic and tied it carefully to the bar in front of the stern seat, which we now knew—thanks to Jane—was called the aft thwart.
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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Just aft from the short forward raised deck, Fydel stood, the wind blowing his dark hair back, a big hand on a rigging cable, confident - appearing in the cool sea air under the bright green-blue sky.
Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999
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Oh, well, the sailors for'ard may be hard-bitten, but I can promise Miss West that here, aft, is one male passenger, unmarried and never married, who is an equally hard-bitten adventurer on the sea of matrimony.
Chapter 15 1914
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