Aft
adverb
In, at, or towards the rear part of a boat or ship.
As the storm worsens, we should move aft for safety.
Often appears as...
- move aft
- located aft
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Technical
adjective
Located at or towards the rear part of a boat or ship.
The captain's quarters are aft of the ship.
Often appears as...
- aft deck
- aft cabin
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
In, at, or towards the rear part of a boat or ship.
As the storm worsens, we should move aft for safety.
Often appears as...
- move aft
- located aft
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Located at or towards the rear part of a boat or ship.
The captain's quarters are aft of the ship.
Often appears as...
- aft deck
- aft cabin
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used specifically on boats or ships to mean the back part.
Hear the engines roar from aft!
Pro Tip 2/3Movement Direction
Implies moving towards the rear, often against the usual direction.
He stumbled aft during the turbulence.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Reference
In emergencies, moving aft can mean moving to a safer area.
All passengers, please head aft immediately!
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used specifically on boats or ships to mean the back part.
Hear the engines roar from aft!
Pro Tip 2/3Movement Direction
Implies moving towards the rear, often against the usual direction.
He stumbled aft during the turbulence.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Reference
In emergencies, moving aft can mean moving to a safer area.
All passengers, please head aft immediately!
Pro Tip 1/3Nautical Term
Used specifically on boats or ships to mean the back part.
Hear the engines roar from aft!
Pro Tip 2/3Movement Direction
Implies moving towards the rear, often against the usual direction.
He stumbled aft during the turbulence.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Reference
In emergencies, moving aft can mean moving to a safer area.
All passengers, please head aft immediately!
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Video examples
Turning trash into toys...
and knocks it down. And another one comes and slaps the aft and knocks it down. And there's a third one over here. This swallows the bridge and knocks it down. And the ship sinks, and the captain has lost everything, but for a life jacket.
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New CGI of How Titanic...
so now this turns falling aft end down and we see the spiral a it comes the bow-bow is falling at stable position and it hits ya boom it kind of breaks his back and we see the hydraulic outburst and a Down blast
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Corruption, wealth and...
The gondola makers began with a wooden template that may have been hammered into the workshop floor generations earlier. From this basic form, they attached fore and aft sterns,
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Leaving the Nursery PIPE...
tippy aft an Indian River calm and gentle the male to conserve after a great Indian chief very appropriate Sully is trying to make
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Turning trash into toys...
and knocks it down. And another one comes and slaps the aft and knocks it down. And there's a third one over here. This swallows the bridge and knocks it down. And the ship sinks, and the captain has lost everything, but for a life jacket.
Video examples
New CGI of How Titanic...
so now this turns falling aft end down and we see the spiral a it comes the bow-bow is falling at stable position and it hits ya boom it kind of breaks his back and we see the hydraulic outburst and a Down blast
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Corruption, wealth and...
The gondola makers began with a wooden template that may have been hammered into the workshop floor generations earlier. From this basic form, they attached fore and aft sterns,
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Leaving the Nursery PIPE...
tippy aft an Indian River calm and gentle the male to conserve after a great Indian chief very appropriate Sully is trying to make
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Jamie Hyneman
American Entertainer
If you ever decide to build a boat out of wet newspaper, it's important to remember to lay down the sheets like shingles on a house: One issue at a time, starting at the bow and moving aft, so water flows over the layers, not under them.
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Alan G. Poindexter
American Astronaut
My job during the EVAs, the spacewalks, is to act as the inside coordinator. I remain on the aft flight deck of the shuttle, and I act in a manner to help the gentlemen outside, my fellow crewmates, who are performing the EVA tasks.
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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian Scientist
The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.
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Jamie Hyneman
American Entertainer
If you ever decide to build a boat out of wet newspaper, it's important to remember to lay down the sheets like shingles on a house: One issue at a time, starting at the bow and moving aft, so water flows over the layers, not under them.
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Alan G. Poindexter
American Astronaut
My job during the EVAs, the spacewalks, is to act as the inside coordinator. I remain on the aft flight deck of the shuttle, and I act in a manner to help the gentlemen outside, my fellow crewmates, who are performing the EVA tasks.
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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian Scientist
The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.
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