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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31. They brought the ship round with a wash of water astern.
32. Almost before he knew it, he was astern, swimming gently on the foam - crackling surface.
33. Safety: With night-time running headlight, turn light , rear warning lamp, astern voice prompt device, to increase the safe coefficient.
34. Move the reversing handle to the ahead side and to the astern side alternatively.
35. With all my rowing, I went astern; the tide was so strong.
36. They fell astern of us, ie moved into position behind us.
More similar words: eastern, eastern europe, plaster cast, stern, postern, western, cistern, westerner, master, plaster, boaster, asteroid, disaster, monastery, wastewater, consternation, masterpiece, haste, waste, hasten, taste, paste, chaste, baste, caste, chasten, fasten, intern, roasted, taste of.