English dictionary
stern
/st/[@]/rn/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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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 <i>stern</i>resolve; a <i>stern</i> necessity; a <i>stern</i> heart; a <i>stern</i> gaze; a <i>stern</i> decree.
Source: webster1913
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Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the <i>stern</i> davits.
Source: webster1913
noun
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the rear part of a ship
Source: WordNet 3.0
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United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Synonyms isaac sternSource: WordNet 3.0
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Source: WordNet 3.0
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The black tern.
Source: webster1913
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The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
ExamplesA stern face.
Synonyms austereSource: WordNet 3.0
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
ExamplesThe stern demands of parenthood.
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severe and unremitting in making demands
ExamplesA stern disciplinarian.
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severely simple
Source: WordNet 3.0