Astern

Adverb

 * 1)  Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard.
 * 2) * He signalled the engineroom to go astern: in other words, to run the engine in such a way as to put the ship beyond the present position of her stern, as viewed from aboard.

Derived terms

 * astern of

Adjective

 * 1)  behind
 * 2) * If one ship is following another, the first is astern when viewed from the second.

Thesaurus
a rebours; a reculons; abaft; aft; after; against the grain; anticlockwise; arear; ass-backwards; away; back; backward; backwards; baft; counterclockwise; fore and aft; fro; hindward; hindwards; in reverse; rear; rearward; rearwards; retrad; widdershins

Adverb

 * Bulgarian:, зад кърмата
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: hacia atrás

Adjective

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: takana, perän puolella


 * Spanish: detrás, a popa

Anagrams

 * santer
 * sterna