English

Noun

aft ‎(usually uncountable, plural afts)

1. (nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.

Adverb

aft ‎(comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)

1. (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

Synonyms

• abaft, astern

Antonyms

• fore, forward

Translations

See also

• after, fore-and-aft

Adjective

aft ‎(comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)

1. located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane

Etymology 2

A clipped form of afternoon.

Noun

aft ‎(plural afts)

1. (dated slang) Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
   • 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, Vol. 6, p. 27:

     A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".

Anagrams

• ATF, fat, FTA, TAF, TFA

Albanian

Alternative forms

• aftë, aht (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη ‎(aûtmē) ‘breath’, Welsh awel ‘breeze’)^[1].

Noun

aft m

1. draft (wind, bellows)
2. waft, whiff
3. warmth from a fire

Synonyms

• shkulm

Related terms

• afsh, avë

References

1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.71

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑft
• IPA^(key): /ɑft/
• Hyphenation: aft

Noun

aft f ‎(plural aften, diminutive aftje n)

1. aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth).

Scots

Etymology

Alteration of oft

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑft/

Adverb

aft

1. Obsolete spelling of oft
   • 1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough:

     "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley".