At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
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Examples for "aft"
Examples for "aft"
1He said curtly to Avery, 'Please ask the Captain to come aft.'
2Therefore I determine that the aft engineering bay is the best option.
3It's located aft, but I don't know if that's left or right.
4Bellew, still aft in the cockpit, heard none of this, of course.
5He said, 'The captain is coming aft to see you, Sir Graham.'
1Fire had attacked a portion of the vessel abaft the midships section.
2Ye may have a little help afore the mast but none abaft.
3I was obliged to sit down abaft, for I nearly fainted away.
4Now let those who volunteer for the storming-party come abaft the mainmast.
5We were talking together abaft the wheel when Estada appeared in the companion-way.
1The Iowa was three and two-tenths miles directly astern of the Vizcaya.
2He glanced past him into the glare on the empty sea astern.
3Some of the rubbish fell in the water just astern of us.
4A shell burst in the air a hundred feet astern of it.
5Pass astern of Jobert, and let Montresor and Houston tackle the others.
6The brig is two miles to three astern, and just stays there.
7I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern.
8Then Shard turned into the forest and the Arabs were dead astern.
9There is no doubt that it puts water in motion not astern.
10When he neared the land the tug was still some distance astern.
11The English fleet, closely watching their movements, brought up two miles astern.
12Edge her in, Hawkins, until you are dead astern of the brigantine.
13The firing then ceased, and the submarine was soon left far astern.
14An astern firing gun would be valuable to B in another sense.
15I cut away my boat, the breeze was rippling the water astern.
16We were off at once, and I sat astern near the ancient.
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