abaft (adv.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: aft , aft , aft , aft , astern , astern , astern , astern , aft , aft , aft , aft , astern , astern , astern , astern , aft , aft , aft , aft , astern , astern , astern , astern , aft , aft , aft , aft , astern , astern , astern , astern ]

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