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UK
/ˈɑːft/
]
[ US /ˈæft/ ]
[ US /ˈæft/ ]
ADVERB
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at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
stow the luggage aft
ADJECTIVE
- (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
How To Use aft In A Sentence
- The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
- She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality. The Lovecraft News Network
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital