abaft en · ADP
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.
Meanings
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Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
“[…] Read the sign up there—NO SMOKING ABAFT THE WHEEL!”
1869, Mark Twain, chapter 3, in The Innocents Abroad, Hartford: The American Publishing Company, page 35:1773, James Cook, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book 3, Chapter 5, in John Hawkesworth (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 3, p. 558, […] we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely.
The bulkhead that separates ladies’ country from the rough characters who shave is not necessarily No. 30 but, by tradition, it is called “bulkhead thirty” in any mixed ship. […] Male officers had a lounge called the cardroom just abaft thirty.
1959, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 13, in Starship Troopers, New York: Ace, published 2010, page 260:The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.
[…] two drunken Turkes, that were in the Frigot with twelue others, discharged two Calieuers, with which they killed two Souldiours, that stood abaft our Gally.
1620, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter 63, in Thomas Shelton, transl., The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, London: Edward Blount, page 432:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baft | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (31)
nl achterlijker dan ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · io dop ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · cs za ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · bn পিছন দিকে ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ka კიჩოზე ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · fi takana ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · gv ny yei (my yei) ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · fr sur l'arrière de ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ru сза́ди ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · bn পশ্চাদ্দিকে ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · de hintern ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · no akter ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · fr en arrière de ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · bn জাহাজের পিছনের অর্ধাংশে ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ru позади́ ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ka უკან ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · de achtern ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · no aktenfor ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · arz ورا ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ar خَلْف ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · no akterut ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ru на корме́ ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · fi taakse ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · no akterlig ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · es a popa ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · et ahtris ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · tr geride ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · ru с кормы́ ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · gv cooyl (aym) ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · bg назад ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) · bg към кърмата ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of)