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• The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.From the entry thwart
• The after gun is mounted aft.From the entry after
• Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.From the entry pitchpole
• Number four boat filled rapidly, but everybody was focusing fascinatedly on those blades aft.2004, Violet Jessop, John Maxtone Graham, Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop, page 174. From the entry fascinatedly
• Thinking all was clear, he started the crane toward the aft.1992 August, “Analysis”, in Selected Occupational Fatalities Related to Marine Cargo Handling as Found in Reports of OSHA…. From the entry legman
• The number of "peggies" going aft to fetch the meals had been increasing steadily.1955, Willi Frischauer, Robert Jackson, The Altmark affair, page 177. From the entry peggy
• “I thought you were going aft,” Keefer shouted peevishly, his form dim in the smoke.1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 38, in The Caine Mutiny, page 452. From the entry bridge gang
• Cawn't even carry a bit of tea aft without losin' it.1904, Jack London, chapter 4, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry blime
• When Ngo re-emerged to the fore, Lillian swung back aft.2022 September 22, HarryBlank, “Mind Over Matter”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024. From the entry foofaraw
• The foreship was now left standing in open air while the aft half was covered by half a grave mound.2016, Anders Winroth, The Age of the Vikings. From the entry foreship
• The archboard assembly can now be erected, springing aft from the after most frame, and supported by the horn timber.2013, Nick Miller, The Lancashire Nobby, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry horn timber
• Add front and aft closures to the fuselage midsection.2010, Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Aircraft Design, page 165. From the entry plug
• Both upper and lower crowns have carinae fore and aft but are otherwise smooth and remarkably stout (Fig. 2 E).2001 November 16, Paul C. Sereno et al., “The Giant Crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa”, in Science, volume 294…. From the entry carinae
• The legman next to the crane ran aft and attempted to climb a small ladder next to his post.1992 August, “Analysis”, in Selected Occupational Fatalities Related to Marine Cargo Handling as Found in Reports of OSHA…. From the entry legman
• He looked aft just before going back into the wheelhouse.1989 August 17, Tom Clancy, “The King of Sar”, in Clear and Present Danger, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN…. From the entry wheelhouse
• The foundation for the engine usually consists of long logs laid fore and aft, two on each side of the soleplate.1917, John William Major Sothern, "Verbal" Notes and Sketches for Marine Engineers. From the entry soleplate
• "Run aft, Haldane, and you too, Spokeshave.1901, John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship. From the entry clew
• As I watched, the crew stepped lively, the capstan grasped by four men, the fore and aft anchors rapidly pulled and secured.2014, Michael Egley, Salagar the Grim: The Dagor's Axe, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 402. From the entry step lively
• The towing point can be a bullnose up forward, a tow bitt aft, a staple, a towing hook, or a gob line.2009, Jeffrey Sleisinger, Shiphandling With Tugs. From the entry gob
• In the motor control room aft, a crewman crashed against the main electrical switchboard, short-circuiting it with his body, and all power aboard was lost.1984, Tom Clancy, “The Eighth Day: Friday, 10 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN…. From the entry short circuit
• The complete fuselage from the nose section, including the nose gear section, aft to the empennage, was extensively burned and gutted by fire.1982 July 20, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pilgrim Airlines…. From the entry gut
• Occasionally it is found necessary to move them, perhaps to shift the centre of gravity to improve the fore and aft trim of the boat.1955, Richard Burnell, Sculling: With Notes on Training and Rigging, page 95. From the entry boatsmith
• Take the end of a yardrope aloft, reeve it through this block from aft forward, and make it fast round the quarter of the yard.1953, Alfred Edward Nicholls, Charles H. Brown, Nicholls's Seamanship. From the entry yardrope
• The Factory is placed in the 'tween deck, i.e., aft the blubber boilery, and forward of it the press boilery and Hartmann apparatus.1931, Transactions - North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, volume 47, page 142. From the entry boilery
• McFaarlane, say the number four gun has did for another cruiser, but they all gonna drown, aft, as much water as the screws is throwin' up!"2014 May 6, Taylor Anderson, Deadly Shores, Penguin, →ISBN, page 288. From the entry did
• Gruppe's 'Scottie dog' badge, as well as for the spinner tip and the dive-bomber's individual letter on the aft fuselage and (just visible) the front of the mainwheel spat.2012, John Weal, Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader of the Russian Front, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry mainwheel
• Just off the coast, to the right, a fine triple-masted Dutch cog of the sixteenth century heads for the open sea, its fore and aft sails already unfurled.2010 October 19, Piero Boitani, Professor of Comparative Literature Piero Boitani, Winged Words: Flight in Poetry and History…. From the entry triple-masted
• Move the remote Stick full aft (toward tail of helicopter); the null meters should move aft to a hardover position on the flight director and aft pilot control panel.1990, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Operator's Manual: Army Model, CH-54A Helicopter, Part 101. From the entry hardover
• She was wearing the Red Ensign at her cross-trees and the Stars and Stripes aft and she was making about three knots through the twenty-foot opening of the reef.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 197. From the entry crosstree
• The vessel appears strongly constructed of seasoned white oak timber, the bow bluff-headed, while aft the poop-deck has a rise which takes in the mizzenmast and pump.1938, George Wharton Rice, The Shipping Days of Old Boothbay from the Revolution to the World War, page 49. From the entry poop deck
• She rolled it out and took it in over one rail and the other; and at times, nose thrown skyward, sitting down on her heel, she avalanched it aft.1912, Jack London, A Sun of the Son, Chapter Eight, IV. From the entry avalanche
• Louis tells me that the gossip of the sailors finds its way aft, and that two of the telltales have been badly beaten by their mates.1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry telltale
• The plaintiff says that it was only some 2 or 3 ft. from the headsheet, and that it was in the centre line between aft and forward of the barge.1960, J. A Edwards, Henry Patten Henley, Lloyd's List Law Reports - Volume 2, page 658. From the entry headsheet

Meaning of aft

1. adverb At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
2. adjective Located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane.

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How do you use aft in a sentence?

Aft is used as an adverb and adjective. For example: “The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.”

What is a short sentence with aft?

“The after gun is mounted aft.”

What does aft mean?

Aft means at, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).