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Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1. at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;
- Example: "stow the luggage aft"
- Example: "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"
- Example: "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
[syn: aft, abaft, astern]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abaft \A*baft"\ ([.a]*b[.a]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft, baften, biaften, AS. be[ae]ftan; be by + [ae]ftan behind. See After, Aft, By.] (Naut.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. [1913 Webster] Abaft the beam. See under Beam. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.) Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft. [1913 Webster]
