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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
stern
adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in
aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn:
austere, stern]
2: 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" [syn: grim,
inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable,
unforgiving, unrelenting]
3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting
instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[syn: stern, strict, exacting]
4: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere,
severe, stark, stern]
n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part,
quarter, poop, tail]
2: United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
[syn: Stern, Isaac Stern]
3: 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?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stern \Stern\, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See Starling.]
(Zool.)
The black tern.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. Sterner; superl. Sternest.] [OE.
sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk
refractory. [root]166.]
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.
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The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer.
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I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak.
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When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak.
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Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden.
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These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
--Wordsworth.
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Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind;
hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stern \Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS.
ste['o]rn. [root]166. See Steer, v. t.]
1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel,
or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
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3. Fig.: The post of management or direction.
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And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak.
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4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser.
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5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a
dog.
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By the stern. (Naut.) See By the head, under By.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stern \Stern\, a.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
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Stern board (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of
way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See
Board, n., 8
(b) .
Stern chase. (Naut.)
(a) See under Chase, n.
(b) A stern chaser.
Stern chaser (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern,
pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in
pursuit.
Stern fast (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a
ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.
Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the
stern of a ship.
Stern knee. See Sternson.
Stern port (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a
ship.
Stern sheets (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is
between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, --
usually furnished with seats for passengers.
Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the
steamboat which it propels.
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Thesaurus Results for Stern:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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