Antonym: ahead. Similar words: eastern, eastern europe, plaster cast, stern, postern, western, cistern, westerner. Meaning: [əs'tɜːn] 
adv. 1. stern foremost or backward 2. at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane 3. (of a ship or an airplane) behind.
adv. 1. stern foremost or backward 2. at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane 3. (of a ship or an airplane) behind. 
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1. Their ship fell astern of the bigger one.
2. One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.
3. Our Astern also contains the newest computerized scanning device that determines exactly where and when the intrusion occurred.
4. With the wind and waves astern Nada gathered momentum: no turning back now.
5. It reared up astern, its crest breaking, the wind turning the surf into a feather of blown spray.
6. Whittingham, who fired a three second burst from astern and then broke away.
7. Then the breakers were all astern and Terrie was coming round to starboard to motor up the back of the reef.
8. A keg bobbed up astern.
9. 'Look astern, doctor,'replied the captain.
10. When the engine failed, we had to drop astern.
11. The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
12. The steamer went astern at half speed.
13. He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
14. ME in slow turning, carry out normal astern and crash astern test.
15. We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla , and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.
16. A ship falls astern by the force of a current.
17. The captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about.
18. Starboard engine full astern!
19. Both engines full astern!
20. When the engine failed, one of the cruisers dropped astern.
21. Lambert who was leading on this occasion, ordered the formation to go into line astern for the attack.
22. When 420 knots shows on the airspeed indicator, I fall in line astern of him.
23. Titch cruised past the Wheel, then put the motor astern and backed up to it.
24. So you will normally know whether the station is to your left or right and whether it is ahead of astern. 5.
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25. On the afternoon of 23 November 1939, as it was growing dark, two warships were reported approaching from astern.
26. A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loom close astern.
27. With a very large outboard motor, for example, the boat may be imbalanced by having that weight far astern and may "squat" in the water and not sail as well.
28. Give the engine a brief trial on power ahead and astern.
29. One of the cruisors had engine trouble and dropped astern.
30. At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
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