Aft

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aft \Aft\ ([.a]ft), adv. & a. [AS. [ae]ftan behind; orig.
     superl. of of, off. See {After}.] (Naut.)
     Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aft
       adj : (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or
             tail [syn: {aft(a)}] [ant: {fore(a)}]
       adv : 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 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)