Aftermath

4 definitions found

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

  Aftermath \Aft"er*math\, n. [After + math. See {Math}.]
     A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop
     of hay in the same season; rowen. --Holland.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aftermath
       n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
            event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
            accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {wake},
             {backwash}]
       2: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an
          individual; "that result is of no consequence" [syn: {consequence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "aftermath":
     afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow,
     aftergrowth, afterimage, afterpain, aftertaste, bearing,
     bumper crop, by-product, causation, conclusion, consequence, crop,
     descendant, dynasty, effect, event, eventuality, fruit, harvest,
     heir, issue, line, lineage, make, offspring, outcome, output,
     placenta, posterity, proceeds, produce, product, production,
     remainder, residual, residuum, result, second crop, secundines,
     sequel, side effect, successor, track, trail, vintage, wake,
     yield
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AFTERMATH. A right to have the last crop of grass or pasturage. 1 Chit. Pr.
  181.