Stern - Meaning in Marathi

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stern - Meaning in Marathi

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Definitions and Meaning of Stern in English

stern adjective

1. severe and unremitting in making demands

   Synonyms

   exacting, stern, stern, strict

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   Examples

   • "a stern disciplinarian"
   • "an exacting instructor"
   • "strict standards"
2. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

   Synonyms

   austere, stern, stern

   Examples

   • "a stern face"
   • "an austere expression"
3. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

   Synonyms

   grim, grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting

   Examples

   • "grim determination"
   • "grim necessity"
   • "relentless persecution"
   • "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
   • "the stern demands of parenthood"
4. severely simple

   Synonyms

   austere, severe, stark, stark, stern, stern

   Example

   • "a stark interior"

Stern noun

1. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

   Synonyms

   Isaac Stern

stern noun

1. the rear part of a ship

   Synonyms

   after part, poop, poop, quarter, stern, stern, tail

2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   Synonyms

   arse, ass, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, bum, buns, butt, butt, buttocks, can, can, can, derriere, fanny, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rear, rump, rump, seat, stern, stern, tail end, tail, tooshie, tush, tush

   Examples

   • "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
   • "he deserves a good kick in the butt"

Description

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 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.

Also see "Stern" on Wikipedia

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