Found 3 items, similar to astern.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: astern di belakang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: astern astern adv 1: stern foremost or backward; “the steamer went astern at half speed” 2: 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] [ant: fore] 3: (of a ship or an airplane) behind; “we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Astern Astern \A*stern"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stern.] (Naut.) 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern. [1913 Webster] 2. Behind a ship; in the rear. “A gale of wind right astern.” --De Foe. “Left this strait astern.” --Drake. [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. [1913 Webster]