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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.
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   Abaft the beam. See under Beam.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.)
   Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, abaft, astern] [ant: fore, forward]