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abaft Adverb

— Toward the back of a ship or airplane.

abaft

— adverb (= aft, astern) 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

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aft

astern

behind

rearward

past

back

after

rearwards

overleaf

in the stern

backwards

backward

aback