Definition of stern Stern
/stÉĖn/ - [stern] - Stern
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WordNet
NounPlural: sterns |
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| stern - the rear part of a ship | ||
| after part, quarter, poop, tail | ||
| rear, back the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" | ||
| ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight | ||
| escutcheon a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | ||
| stern - United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) | ||
| Isaac Stern | ||
| stern - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" | ||
| buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| torso, trunk, body the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" | ||
Adjectivestern, sterner, sternest |
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| stern - severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" | ||
| strict, exacting | ||
| demanding requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" | ||
| stern - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" | ||
| grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting | ||
| implacable incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" | ||
| stern - severely simple; "a stark interior" | ||
| austere, severe, stark | ||
| plain lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" | ||
| stern - of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" | ||
| austere | ||
| nonindulgent, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- stern (n.)
The black tern. - stern (superl.)
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. - stern (v. t.)
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. - stern (v. t.)
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. - stern (v. t.)
Fig.: The post of management or direction. - stern (v. t.)
The hinder part of anything. - stern (v. t.)
The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. - stern (a.)
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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stern
The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on. -
stern
The rear part of a ship or a boat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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stern
stÄrn, adj. severe of countenance, manner, or feeling: austere: harsh: unrelenting: steadfast.āadv. Sternā²ly.ān. Sternā²ness. [A.S. styrne.] -
stern
stÄrn, n. the hind-part of a vessel: the rump or tail of an animal.āv.t. to back a boat, to row backward.āns. Sternā²age (Shak.), the steerage or stern of a ship; Sternā²board, backward motion of a ship: loss of way in tacking; Sternā²-chase, a chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another; Sternā²-chÄsā²er, a cannon in the stern of a ship.āadj. Sterned, having a stern of a specified kind.āns. Sternā²-fast, a rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, &c.; Sternā²-frame, the sternpost, transoms, and fashion-pieces of a ship's stern.āadj. Sternā²most, farthest astern.āns. Sternā²port, a port or opening in the stern of a ship; Sternā²post, the aftermost timber of a ship which supports the rudder; Sternā²sheets, the part of a boat between the stern and the rowers; Sternā²son, the hinder extremity of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; Sternā²way, the backward motion of a vessel; Sternā²-wheelā²er (U.S.), a small vessel with one large paddle-wheel at the stern. [Ice. stjĆ³rn, a steering.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine āļø
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stern
arcasse, (steor, Sax.) the posterior face of a ship; or that part which is presented to the view of a spectator, placed on the continuation of the keel behind, as exhibited in plate X. fig. 1, 2, and 3; and in plate XI. fig. 1.The stern, as represented in plate X. is terminated above by the taffarel, and below by the counters: It is limited on the sides by the quarter-pieces; and the intermediate space comprehends the galleries and windows of the different cabins.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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stern
The after-part of a ship, ending in the taffarel above and the counters below.--By the stern. The condition of a vessel which draws more water abaft than forward.
Wikipedia 
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The stern is the rear part of a ship or boat.
The stern area has always been the place near the steering apparatus (rudder, tiller, ship's wheel, etc), and by extension became the domain of the ship's captain and other officers. In particular, the stern was the location of the officers' quarters, and during the age of sail became the most opulent part of the ship, with rows of windows, galleries, walkways, and fine decorations. That meant that this part was rather vulnerable, and the goal of much maneuvering in battle was to achieve the stern rake, in which a ship would pour its entire broadside into the stern.
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disambiguation
The stern is the rear part of a ship or boat.
Part of speech
š¤- stern, noun, singular of sterns.
- stern, adjective.
