Dictionary Entry
astern
astern is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
- 2adverb
Behind a ship; in the rear.
- 3adverb
(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"
- 4adverb
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"
- 5adverb
stern foremost or backward
"the steamer went astern at half speed"
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