The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.

The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.

The back or tail of a canoe or kayak.

the back part of the vessel.

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.

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

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"

Fig.: The post of management or direction.

Request for, or directive to, intercept using stern geometry.

Places , Parts Sternway Directions , Navigation , Expressions

The hinder part of anything.

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?"

The after part of a pleasure craft.