stern
The rear part of a ship or other vesselThe rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
» Her stern look got him to quit talking.
Meaning
5 sensesThe rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
Holonyms: watercraft < vessel
Heck, Schiffshinterteil, Hinterschiff
корма́kormá
корма́kormá
the rear part of a ship
(figuratively)The post of management or direction.
The hinder part of anything.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
A bird, the black tern, seabird.
Examples
56 sentencesHer stern look got him to quit talking.
Mary gave Tom a stern look.
ruМэри одарила Тома суровым взглядом.
deMaria warf Tom einen strengen Blick zu.
Tom gave Mary a stern look.
ruТом окинул Мэри строгим взглядом.
Tom looks stern.
deTom sieht streng aus.
The cat just gave him a stern look.
Кіт лише сурово на нього подивився.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English sterne, likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”),Inherited from Middle English sterne, likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, whence also English steer. Also possibly from Old Frisian stiarne (“rudder”), from the same Germanic root. The sense referring to a management post alludes to the fact that a sailing ship's captain would often stand on an aft deck.
From a variant of tern.
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