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[əˈstəːn], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- behind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft
(e.g: the engine rooms lay astern)
- (of a ship) backwards; stern foremost
(e.g: the lifeboat was carried astern by the tide)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: from a- (expressing position or direction) + stern
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