stern – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
stern
adj.
strict, uncompromising, firm; grim, harsh, austere
n.
rear section of a boat (Nautical); back part of anything
Stern
n.
family name; Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Russian-born American violinist; Otto Stern (1888-1969) German-born American physicist, winner of the Nobel prize in 1943
Stern
The
stern is the back or
aft-most part of a
ship or
boat, technically defined as the area built up over the
sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the
taffrail. The stern lies opposite of the
bow, the foremost part of a ship. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white
navigation light at night.
Stern
Noun
1. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
(synonym) Isaac Stern
(hypernym) violinist, fiddler
(classification) Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR
stern
Noun
1. the rear part of a ship
(synonym) after part, quarter, poop, tail
(hypernym) rear, back
(part-holonym) ship
(part-meronym) escutcheon
2. 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?"
(synonym) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
Adjective
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
(synonym) austere
(similar) nonindulgent
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"
(synonym) grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
(similar) implacable
3. severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
(synonym) strict, exacting
(similar) demanding
Stern
n.
Stern, surname; Isaac Stern, (born 1920); Yair Stern, poet and founder of Fighters for the Freedom of Israel who was executed by the British in 1942
Stern (der)
nm.
star, self-illuminating gaseous celestial body, celestial which is seen on Earth as a small light in the nighttime sky (Astronomy)
stern (de)
n.
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