Stern

Meaning

Adj

●

Having a

hardness

and

severity

nature

or manner.

●

In Animal body parts:

Grim and

forbidding

in appearance.

Noun

●

In Nautical & Ship parts:

The

rear

part or after

end of

ship

or vessel.

●

The

post

of management or direction.

●

The

hinder

part of anything.

●

The

tail

of an

animal

; now used only of the

tail

of a dog.

●

In Terns:

bird

, the

black

tern.

Verb

●

steer

, to

direct

the

course

of (a ship).

●

In Nautical & Ship parts:

propel

move

backward

or stern-first in the water.

Name

●

A surname.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

stern

English

stern

Middle English (1100-1500)

Sourced from

Etym

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Antonyms

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Stern

Meaning

Adj

Noun

Verb

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