Hinder; nearer the rear.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

A prefix applied to any object located in the rear part of the vessel. For example, the after-sails are those sails located nearest the stern of the vessel.

An adjective, meaning toward the stern, as in "we're taking water in the after boiler room." Sometimes shortened to "aft," as in "the aft boiler room," but nautical purists draw the line at such corruption of the language.

situated at the back of the stern part of a vessel.

Toward the stern of a vessel.

behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"