 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aft
adjective: (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or
tail [syn: {aft(a)}] [ant: {fore(a)}]
adverb: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an
airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square
sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft";
"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was
about" [syn: {abaft}, {astern}] [ant: {fore}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aft \Aft\ ([.a]ft), adverb & a. [AS. [ae]ftan behind; orig.
superl. of of, off. See {After}.] (Naut.)
Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "aft":
abaft, after, aftermost, astern, back, backward, baft,
fore and aft, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindmost,
posterior, postern, rear, rearmost, rearward, retrograde, tail
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AFT
Authenticated Firewall Traversal (IETF)
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