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Adverb: astern u'sturn- Stern foremost or backward
"the steamer went astern at half speed" - At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an aeroplane
"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
- aft, abaft - (of a ship or an aeroplane) behind
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
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