English to French Meaning of abaft - en arrière

Abaft :

en arrière

adverb

derrière, arrière, après, rétrograde, en arrière, interloqué, à l'arrière

preposition

derrière, après, en arrière, en raison de, ré

Abaft :: en arrière

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Definitions of abaft in English

Adverb(1) at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

Examples of abaft in English

(1) Terry looked abaft himself and saw that the fearsome man had indeed gone.(2) A built-in motor bracket cuts cockpit noise and adds security in big seas from abaft .(3) The first of two hatches to the control room section is immediately abaft the sail, being the main access into the boat.(4) the yacht has a shower just abaft the galley(5) With this security he had established as his right a caboose abaft the funnel in the midships Bofors gunshield where the gun had been removed.(6) With six months' stores, she draws twenty-two foot nine, abaft .(7) The swell was either just abaft or on the beam and at night you couldn't see it.(8) When a mainsail was set up in the correct place abaft the genoa, the strain on the headsail sheet was observed to rise considerably.(9) a line of clouds was spotted abaft by the starboard lookout(10) It's when the breeze comes from the side, and slightly abaft of abeam, that a vessel can achieve its fastest point of sail.(11) The blizzard made it impossible to see anything abaft of the bridge.(12) The carpenter had turned the capstan just abaft the mainmast into a perfectly acceptable desk.(13) Dropping down abaft the bridge, the first thing to come into view was the funnel.

Synonyms

1. behind ::

derrière

2. back ::

arrière

3. after ::

après

4. backward ::

rétrograde

5. abaft ::

en arrière

6. aback ::

interloqué

8. aft ::

à l'arrière

9. because of ::

en raison de

10. re ::

ré

Antonyms

1. fore ::

devant

2. forward ::

vers l'avant

Different Forms

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