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abaft

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) abaft (adverb)
  2. 2) abaft (preposition)

1abaft

adv

Definition of ABAFT

: toward or at the stern : aft
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Examples of ABAFT

  1. <the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship>

Origin of ABAFT

Middle English, from a- + baft in the rear, from Old English bæftan, from be- + æftan behind — more at aft
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to ABAFT

Synonyms: aft, astern, sternward (or sternwards)
Antonyms: fore, forward
Related Words: after, back, backward (or backwards), behind, posteriorly, rearward (also rearwards)
Near Antonyms: anteriorly; ahead, before
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Rhymes with ABAFT

aircraft, butt shaft, campcraft, camshaft, crankshaft, downdraft, driveshaft, engraft, handcraft, indraft, kingcraft, life raft, rockshaft, scoutcraft, seacraft, skin graft, spacecraft, stagecraft, statecraft, tradecraft, updraft, witchcraft, woodcraft

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