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    [Adverb]  | "abaft" | \ ə-ˈbaft \


    1: toward or at the stern : aft

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from a- + baft in the rear, from Old English bæftan, from be- + æftan behind ;

    [Preposition]  | "abaft" 


    1: to the rear of; specifically : toward the stern from

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adverb]  | "abaft" 


    1: near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft;


      * e.g., " ... the lookout in the crow's nest warned that there was an enemy frigate abaft and bearing down hard on their ship "




    [Preposition]  | "abaft" 


    1: at, to, or toward the rear of;


      * e.g., " ... a school of porpoises swam abaft the fishing boat "




     [ "abaft" ]

    1: On or toward the rear of a ship.

      * e.g.,  ... The passengers moved abaft of the ship so as to escape the fire in the front of the ship. 

     [ "abaft" ]

    1: toward or at the stern of a ship; further aft

      * e.g.,  ... abaft. 

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