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Webster 1913 Edition
Aft
Aft
(ȧft)
, adv.
& Adj.
(Naut.)
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aft
'AFT
,Adj.
In seaman's language, a word used to denote the stern or what pertains to the stern of a ship; as, the aft part of the ship; haul aft the main sheet, that is, further towards the stern. Fore and aft is the whole length of a ship. Right aft is in a direct line with the stern.
Definition 2024
aft
aft
See also: AFT
English
Noun
aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)
Adverb
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to the stern
See also
Adjective
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
Etymology 2
A clipped form of afternoon.
Noun
aft (plural afts)
- (dated slang) Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
- 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 6, p. 27:
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē) ‘breath’, Welsh awel ‘breeze’)[1].
Noun
aft m
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.71
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑft
- IPA(key): /ɑft/
- Hyphenation: aft
Noun
aft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n)
- aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).
Scots
Etymology
Alteration of oft
Pronunciation
Adverb
aft
- Obsolete spelling of oft
- 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough:
- "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley".
- 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough: