astern

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: a=stern

CIDE DICTIONARY

astern, adv. [Pref. a- + stern.].

•  In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.  [1913 Webster]
•  Behind a ship; in the rear.  [1913 Webster]

To bake astern, to go stern foremost. -- To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position given by the reckoning. -- To drop astern, to fall or be left behind. -- To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of currents or winds.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

astern, adv. Naut. & Aeron. (often foll. by of)
1 aft; away to the rear.
2 backwards.

Etymology

A(2) + STERN(2)

THESAURUS

astern

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

ROGET THESAURUS

astern

Rear

N rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield, back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal, behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward, ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin.