English to English
adverb
- stern foremost or backward
The steamer went astern at half speed.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adv
- [astérn] Sa gawíng likod; sa likod
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
