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astern

/ə'stɜrn/

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adverb
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
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"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

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abaft aft
adverb
(of a ship or an airplane) behind
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"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"

Examples of astern

"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"