While up the crag AEneas climbs, to gain / full prospect far and wide, and scan the distant main. / If aught of Phrygian biremes he discern / Antheus or Capys, tost upon the seas, / or arms of brave Caicus high astern.
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Astern
/əˈstɝn/
Synonyms for "astern" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (16)
baftcounterclockwisefore and aftfrohindwardhindwardsin reverserearrearwardrearwardsretradwiddershins
Adverb(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesdirectional adverbdirectional termfigurative expression
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
11 entriesastern bulkheadastern deckastern hullastern positionastern propulsionfall asterngo asternkeep asternmove asternslightly asternsteer astern
Inflections
2 entriesmore asternmost astern
Derivations
3 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- зад кърмата adv (backwards)
- назад adv (backwards)
Czech
1 entries- dozadu adv (backwards)
Finnish
1 entries- taakse adv (backwards)
German
1 entries- achtern adv (backwards)
Spanish
1 entries- hacia atrás adv (backwards)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We'd be making sail in the dawn, with a fair breeze, singing a chanty song wid no care to it. And astern the land would be sinking low and dying out, but we'd give it no heed but a laugh, and never look behind.
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Full astern!
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Half astern!
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