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Aft

Definitions: Aft

Aft

Adjective

1. (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail.

Adverb

1. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Aft \Aft\ ([.a]ft), adverb. adjective. [from Anglo-Saxon expression [ae]ftan behind; originally superl. of of, off. See After.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Aft

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

American Farmland Trust. (references)

Census

(American Federation of Teachers) Established 1916. An organization that works with teachers and other educational employees in organizing on collective bargaining issues, as well as research and educational issues. (references)

Economics

At or towards the stern of the ship or the tail of the aircraft. (references)

Literature

Aft The hinder part of a ship.
Fore and Aft. The entire length (of a ship), from stem to stern. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Shipping

Movement toward the stern (back end) of a ship. (references)

Transportation

In, near, or toward the stern of a vessel. Source: European Union. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Aft

 

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

AFT

EnglishAmerican Farm TrustN/A

AFT

LatinRM:Administraziun federala da tagliaN/A
AFDEnglishAft Flight DeckTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Aft

Synonyms: aft(a) (adj), abaft (adv), astern (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: fore(a) (adj), fore (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Aft

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completeness

Throughout; from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble; a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as.. as can be.

Length

From end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe; fore and aft.

Rear

After, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward.

Ship

Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Aft

English words defined with "aft": after, Athwart shipsBagreefEkingfantail, Fore and aftgaffHair bracket, HogframeMain boomPoop decksliding seat, sloopTo stay a mast, To traverse a yard, Trim of the mastsyawl, Yawl-rigged. (references)
Specialty definitions using "aft": afterburning, air inlet flapbase pressure, bellcrank, bowsCG limits, crab angledeck sheer, door unlatch and landing gear unlock control, DOPPLER SYSTEMeyelid reverserfloating trawl, fore and aft bridge,connecting bridgeGang a-gleyinlet guide flapkedge anchormidwater trawlnose cappelagic trawl, pile mooringstern X, stream anchorwing flap. (references)

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Modern Usage: Aft

DomainUsage

Screenplays

A-F-T. Aft! (Lethal Weapon 4; writing credit: Shane Black; Jonathan Lemkin)

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Commercial Usage: Aft

DomainTitle

Books

  • Blackboard Unions the Aft and the Nea, 1900-1980 (reference)

  • Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth: The First True Account of Lincoln's Assassination, Containing a Complete Confession of Booth Many Years Aft (reference)

  • Facing Aft (reference)

  • Hoboken Captains, Fore and Aft (reference)

  • The NEA and AFT : teacher unions in power and politics (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Aft

Photos:
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Photo Album: Aft

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McCandless on Arm in Aft Payload Bay.Credit: NASA.

Doi in Aft Payload Bay Window.Credit: NASA.

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the STS 61 flightThe new solar arrays are seen here from the aft flight deck, backlit against the black background of space.Credit: NASA.

After closing the net and trapping the fish, the net is now brought on board. This is a view from the pilothouse of the fishing vessel looking aft as the net is brought through the powerblock and laid on the stern.Credit: Fisheries.

Boat rigged for pole and line fishing. Note live bait tanks on deck fore and aft of pilot house. Poles of varying size are secured in vertical position ready for fishing. The largest poles are rigged to the pulley system that can be seen approximately 5 meters above the deck.Credit: Fisheries.

Aft end of Gulfstream IV jet aircraft - N49RF - in NOAA hangar at MacDill AFB.Credit: Flying With NOAA.

In the AQUARIUS main lock looking aft towards the entry lock.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Berth-deck, looking forward from aft. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate VII, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lower laboratory, looking from aft forward. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate X, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Starboard side of the METEOR and a view looking aft on the upper deck. Library Call Number C/La S755.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Aft

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Arnsten AFT, Smith DH. Pharmacological strategies for neuroprotection and rehabilitation following brain trauma. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Aft

"Aft" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 54.81% of the time. "Aft" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)54.81%7438,813
Adjective (general or positive)31.11%4252,864
Unclassified Items14.07%1980,337
                    Total100.00%135N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Aft

Expressions using "aft": aft cargo compartment aft cargo door aft draught aft gate aft passenger compartment aft passenger compartment door aft side fore and aft fore and aft bridge,connecting bridge. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "aft": aft-hinged.

Ending with "aft": fore-aft, fore-and-aft.

Containing "aft": fore-and-aft rig, Fore-and-aft rigged, fore-and-aft sail, fore-and-aft sails, fore-and-aft topsail.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aft

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

aft

167

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13

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7

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5

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5

aft clutch

3

aft arrow

3

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3

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3

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3

aft impulse

2

aft buymags.com

2

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2

aft dallas

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aft teen

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aft.org ift

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2000 aft

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aft sex

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aft test

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Modern Translations: Aft

Language Translations for "aft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

në pupë (abaft), në drejtim të pupës. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кърма (mess, poop, provender, quarter, stern), към кърмата (sternward), който е близо до кърмата, назад (aback, about, after, astern, back, backward, behind, lunge, rearwards, sternward), на кърмата (astern), до кърмата. (various references)

   

Czech

  

u (at, beside, by, near, on, over, up, with), na zádi (astern), na (about, against, at, by, for, in, into, on, onto, over, per, to, upon, with). (various references)

   

Danish

  

perpendikulaer (forward, midship perpendiculars). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

loodlijn (blue gum, blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burtonian line, Burton's line, forward, lead line, midship perpendiculars). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

درپس کشتی . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

perässä (after, astern, behind, in the rear). (various references)

   

French

  

per pendiculaire, l'arrière. (various references)

   

German

  

hinten (afterwards, at the back, at the rear, behind, next, subsequently). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατακόρυφες πλώρης (forward, midship perpendiculars), μέσου (forward, midship perpendiculars), πρύμνης (forward, midship perpendiculars), προσ την πρύμνη (abaft), πίσω (abaft, back, behind). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בירכתי "ספי ". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hátrafelé (astern, back door, backward, backwards, in reverse, run of the, sternward, to get sy'). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

buritan (abaft, poop, ship stern, stern). (various references)

   

Italian

  

a poppa (abaft, astern), perpendicolare (broadside, forward, midship perpendiculars, normal, perpendicular). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

'에 (after, Backward, Backwards, Behind). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gys y stiur (abaft), gys y jerrey, gys jerrey ny lhuingey (abaft), ec y jerrey (at length, finally), ec jerrey ny lhuingey. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

akter (abaft). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aftay

   

Portuguese

  

atrás (aback, after, afterwards, ago, back, behind, behindhand, following, next, subsequently), (abaft, astern), popa (abaft, abaft the beam, astern). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

la pupã (astern). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

на корме (abaft). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na krmi, krmeni (stern), krma (poop, rudder, stern). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perpendicular (broadside, forward, midship perpendiculars, orthographical, perpendicular, up and down, upright, vertical), en popa (abaft, following). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

akter ut (abaft, astern). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıçta (astern), kıça doğru, kıç tarafta (aback, abaft). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

у кормовій частини, в напрямі корми, на кормі (abaft, astern), за кормою (astern). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Aft

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 47, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai diemetrhsen ciliouV kai dihlqen en tw udati udwr ewV twn mhrwn kai diemetrhsen ciliouV kai dihlqen udwr ewV osfuoV
Latin405VulgateRursumque mensus est mille et transduxit me per aquam usque ad genua
Middle English1395WyclifAnd aft sone he matte a thousand, and ledde me ouer by the water vn to the knees. And aft sone he matte a thousand, and ledde me by the watre vn to the reynys.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAgain he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
Victorian English1833WebsterAgain he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.

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Matched Bible Translations: Aft

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 47, Verse 4
BulgarianПак премери хиляда, и ме преведе през водата; водата бе до колене. Пак премери хиляда, и ме преведе; водата бе до кръста.
CebuanoMisukod na usab siya usa ka libo ka maniko, ug gipaubog ako niya latas sa katubigan, katubigan nga diha kutob sa mga tuhod. Misukod na usab siya usa ka libo ka maniko, ug gipaubog ako niya latas sa katubigan, katubigan nga diha kutob sa mga hawak.
Chinese他 又 量 了 一 千 肘 、 使 我 昋 過 水 、 水 就 到 膝 。 再 量 了 一 千 肘 、 使 我 昋 過 水 、 水 便 到 腰 。
CroatianOndje opet izmjeri tisuæu lakata i provede me preko vode, a voda bijaše do koljena. I opet izmjeri tisuæu lakata i prevede me preko vode što bijaše do bokova.
DanishDa han atter havde målt 1.000 Alen, lod han mig på ny gå gennem Vandet, Vand til Knæene; og da han atter havde målt 1.000 Alen, lod han mig på ny gå gennem Vandet, som der nåede til Hoften.
DutchToen mat hij nog duizend ellen, en deed mij door de wateren doorgaan, en de wateren raakten tot aan de knieen; en hij mat nog duizend, en deed mij doorgaan, en de wateren raakten tot aan de lenden.
FinnishSitten hän mittasi tuhat ja antoi minun käydä veden poikki: vettä oli polviin asti. Sitten hän mittasi tuhat ja antoi minun käydä poikki: vettä oli lanteisiin asti.
FrenchIl mesura encore mille coudées, et me fit traverser l`eau, et j`avais de l`eau jusqu`aux genoux. Il mesura encore mille coudées, et me fit traverser, et j`avais de l`eau jusqu`aux reins.
GermanUnd maß abermals tausend Ellen und führte mich durchs Wasser, daß mir's an die Kniee ging. Und maß noch tausend Ellen und ließ mich dadurchgehen, daß es mir an die Lenden ging.
Haitian CreoleLi mezire yon lòt senksan (500) mèt ankò, li fè m' janbe dlo a, dlo a ban mwen nan jenou. Li mezire yon lòt senksan (500) mèt ankò, li fè m' janbe dlo a, dlo a ban mwen nan ren.
HungarianÉs mére ismét ezeret, és átvitt engem a vizen, a víz pedig térdig ér vala. És mére ismét ezeret és átvitt engem s a víz derékig ér vala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKemudian ia mengukur 500 meter lagi, dan di situ airnya sampai ke lutut. Ia mengukur 500 meter lagi, dan airnya mencapai pinggang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan lagi diukurnya seribu hasta dan disuruhnya aku mengarung air itu, dalamnya air itu sampai di lutut; dan lagi diukurnya seribu hasta, dan disuruhnya aku mengarung air itu, dalamnya sampai di pinggang.
ItalianMisurò altri mille cubiti, poi mi fece attraversare quell'acqua: mi giungeva al ginocchio. Misurò altri mille cubiti, poi mi fece attraversare l'acqua: mi giungeva ai fianchi.
Korean다 시 일 천 척 을 척 량 하 나 로 물 을 건 너 게 하 시 니 물 이 무 릎 에 오 르 다 시 일 천 척 을 척 량 하 나 로 물 을 건 너 게 하 시 니 물 이 허 리 에 오 르
MaoriI whanganga ano he mano e ia, a meinga ana ahau e ia kia tika na roto i nga wai; i nga turi te wai. I whanganga ano e ia he mano, a meinga ana ahau e ia kia tika i waenga; i nga hope te wai.
Modern GreekΚαι εμετρησε χιλιας και με διεβιβασε δια των υδατων· τα υδατα ησαν εως των γονατων. αλιν εμετρησε χιλιας και με διεβιβασε· τα υδατα ησαν εως της οσφυος.
NorwegianAtter målte han tusen alen og lot mig vade gjennem vannet; da nådde vannet mig til knærne. Atter målte han tusen alen og lot mig vade gjennem vann som nådde til lendene.
PortugueseDe novo mediu mil, e me fez passar pelas águas, águas que me davam pelos joelhos; outra vez mediu mil, e me fez passar pelas águas, águas que me davam pelos lombos.   
RumanianA mai mqsurat iarqw o mie de coyi, wi m`a pus sq trec prin apq, wi apa kmi venea pknq la genunchi. A mqsurat iarqwi o mie de coyi, wi m`a trecut prin ea, wi apa kmi venea pknq la wolduri.
SpanishMidió otros 1.000 codos y me hizo pasar por las aguas hasta las rodillas. Midió luego otros 1.000 codos y me hizo pasar por las aguas hasta la cintura.
SwedishÅter mätte han upp tusen alnar och lät mig så gå över vattnet, och vattnet räckte mig där till knäna. Åter mätte han upp tusen alnar och lät mig så gå över vattnet, som där räckte mig upp till länderna.
Thaiแล้วท่านก็วั"ไ"้อีกหนึ่งพัน แล้วนำข้าพเจ้าลุยน้ำไปและน้ำลึกถึงเข่า แล้วท่านก็วั"ไ"้อีกหนึ่งพัน แล้วนำข้าพเจ้าลุยน้ำไป น้ำนั้นลึกเพียงเอว
UkrainianІ відміряв ще тисячу, і перепровадив мене водою, водою по коліна; і відміряв ще тисячу, і перепровадив мене водою по стегна.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Aft

Derivations

Words beginning with "aft": after, afterbirth, afterbirths, afterburner, afterburners, aftercare, aftercares, afterclap, afterclaps, afterdeck, afterdecks, aftereffect, aftereffects, afterglow, afterglows, afterimage, afterimages, afterlife, afterlives, aftermarket, aftermarkets, aftermath, aftermaths, aftermost, afternoon, afternoons, afterpiece, afterpieces, afters, aftershave, aftershaves, aftershock, aftershocks, aftertaste, aftertastes, aftertax, afterthought, afterthoughts, aftertime, aftertimes, afterward, afterwards, afterword, afterwords, afterworld, afterworlds, aftmost, aftosa, aftosas. (additional references)

Words ending with "aft": abaft, aircraft, allograft, antiaircraft, antidraft, autograft, campcraft, camshaft, craft, crankshaft, daft, downdraft, draft, driveshaft, engraft, gemeinschaft, gesellschaft, graft, haft, handcraft, handicraft, heterograft, homograft, hovercraft, indraft, ingraft, intergraft, isograft, kingcraft, kraft, misgraft, overdraft, raft, redraft, regraft, rockshaft, rotorcraft, scoutcraft, seacraft, shaft, spacecraft, stagecraft, statecraft, subshaft, tradecraft, turboshaft, updraft, upwaft, waft, warcraft, watercraft, witchcraft, woodcraft, xenograft. (additional references)

Words containing "aft": allografted, allografting, allografts, antiaircrafts, autografted, autografting, autografts, caftan, caftans, campcrafts, camshafts, crafted, craftier, craftiest, craftily, craftiness, craftinesses, crafting, crafts, craftsman, craftsmanlike, craftsmanly, craftsmanship, craftsmanships, craftsmen, craftspeople, craftsperson, craftspersons, craftswoman, craftswomen, crafty, crankshafts, dafter, daftest, daftly, daftness, daftnesses, downdrafts, draftable, drafted, draftee, draftees, drafter, drafters, draftier, draftiest, draftily, draftiness, draftinesses, drafting, draftings, drafts, draftsman, draftsmanship, draftsmanships, draftsmen, draftsperson, draftspersons, drafty, driveshafts, engrafted, engrafting, engraftment, engraftments, engrafts, gemeinschaften, gemeinschafts, gesellschaften, gesellschafts, graftage, graftages, grafted, grafter, grafters, grafting, grafts, haftara, haftarah, haftarahs, haftaras, haftarot, haftaroth, hafted, hafter, hafters, hafting, haftorah, haftorahs, haftorot, haftoroth, hafts, handcrafted, handcrafting, handcrafts, handcraftsman, handcraftsmanship, handcraftsmanships, handcraftsmen, handicrafter, handicrafters, handicrafts, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen, hereafter, hereafters, hereinafter, heterografts, homografts, hovercrafts, indrafts, ingrafted, ingrafting, ingrafts, intergrafted, intergrafting, intergrafts, isografted, isografting, isografts, kaftan, kaftans, kingcrafts, krafts, maftir, maftirs, midafternoon, midafternoons, misgrafted, misgrafting, misgrafts, overdrafts, rafted, rafter, raftered, rafters, rafting, rafts, raftsman, raftsmen, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts, regrafted, regrafting, regrafts, rockshafts, scoutcrafts, seacrafts, shafted, shafting, shaftings, shafts, spacecrafts, stagecrafts, statecrafts, subshafts, thereafter, thereinafter, tradecrafts, turboshafts, updrafts, upwafted, upwafting, upwafts, waftage, waftages, wafted, wafter, wafters, wafting, wafts, wafture, waftures, warcrafts, watercrafts, witchcrafts, woodcrafts, xenografts, zaftig. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Aft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaf, aat, Abf, abt, Aefg, aet, af, afa, afc, afd, aff, affa, affe, Affo, affs, Afftc, afg, afi, afit, afl, afm, Afn, afo, afp, afr, Afshr, afta, aftc, afte, aftg, Aftm, afto, aftr, afts, afu, afv, Ahf, Akfm, amf, anf, aot, asf, ast, Atfi, Atq, Attf, atv, avet, avt, awf, awt, axt, cft, eft, efty, fabt, famt, fatt, fft, gaft, iafc, ift, if't, Iftr, iftz, ifut, Jafta, kaft, Naft, otf, tft, Ufw, uift, vaft. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Aft"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "aft" (pronounced a"ft)
3a" f tcraft, daft, draft, draught, graft, haft, Kraft, laughed, raft, redraft, shaft, staffed.
2-f tadrift, aircraft, airlift, aloft, antiaircraft, antitheft, autographed, beefed, bereft, bluffed, briefed, camshaft, chafed, choreographed, cleft, Clift, coiffed, coughed, crankshaft, Croft, cuffed, debriefed, deft, Delft, downdraft, drift, dwarfed, engulfed, facelift, fluffed, forklift, Gesellschaft, gift, golfed, goofed, handcraft, handcuffed, handicraft, hayloft, heft, hoofed, hovercraft, huffed, knifed, leafed, left, lift, loft, luffed, makeshift, miffed, oft, overdraft, overstaffed, overstuffed, photographed, proofed, puffed, rebuffed, rift, roofed, roughed, scoffed, scuffed, shift, shoplift, shrift, sift, sniffed, snuffed, soft, spacecraft, spendthrift, spoofed, stagecraft, statecraft, stiffed, stuffed, surfed, swift, telegraphed, theft, thrift, Toft, toughed, triumphed, tuft, understaffed, updraft, uplift, waft, witchcraft.

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Anagrams: Aft

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fat.

Words within the letters "a-f-t"

-1 letter: at, fa, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-t"
 

+1 letter: daft, fact, fart, fast, fate, fats, feat, feta, fiat, flat, frat, haft, raft, tufa, waft.

 

+2 letters: abaft, afoot, afrit, after, aloft, craft, defat, draft, facet, facts, fagot, faint, faith, farts, fasts, fatal, fated, fates, fatly, fatso, fatty, fatwa, fault, feast, feats, fetal, fetas, fiats, flats, float, flota, frats, graft, hafts, kraft, rafts, shaft, softa, staff, taffy, tafia, tufas, wafts.

 

+3 letters: adrift, affect, afloat, afreet, afrits, afters, aftosa, artful, caftan, crafts, crafty, dafter, daftly, defats, defeat, drafts, drafty, facete, facets, factor, faggot, fagots, faints, faiths, fajita, falter, fanjet, fantod, fantom, farted, fasted, fasten, faster, father, fathom, fating, fatsos, fatted, fatten, fatter, fatwas, faucet, faults, faulty, fealty, feasts, feater, featly, festal, fetial, fiesta, fixate, flatly, flatus, flaunt, floats, floaty, flotas, foetal, folate, fontal, forgat, format, fracti, frater, frusta, fugato, grafts, haffet, haffit, hafted, hafter, hatful, infant, kaftan, krafts, maftir, nonfat, rafted, rafter, ratify, safest, safety, shafts, softas, staffs, strafe, taffia, tafias, tariff, trefah, upwaft, vatful, wafted, wafter, zaftig.

 

+4 letters: acetify, affects, affiant, afflict, affront, afreets, aftmost, aftosas, airlift, antefix, antifat, antiflu, antifur, backfit, barefit, batfish, batfowl, beatify, bedfast, boatful, caftans, caitiff, castoff, catface, catfall, catfish, crafted, daftest, deafest, default, defeats, defiant, deflate, distaff, drafted, draftee, drafter, engraft, faceted, factful, faction, factoid, factors, factory, factual, facture, faculty, faddist, fadeout, faggots, faggoty, fagoted, fagoter, fainest, fainted, fainter, faintly, fairest, faithed, faitour, fajitas, falcate, fallout, falsest, falsity, falters, fanatic, fanjets, fantail, fantasm, fantast, fantasy, fantods, fantoms, fanwort, farther, farting, fascist, fastens, fasters, fastest, fasting, fatally, fatback, fatbird, fateful, fathead, fathers, fathoms, fatidic, fatigue, fatless, fatlike, fatling, fatness, fatsoes, fattens, fattest, fattier, fatties, fattily, fatting, fattish, fatuity, fatuous, fatwood, faucets, faulted, fauvist, feasted, feaster, featest, feather, feature, fellate, fermata, fermate, ferrate, fetials, fiestas, filiate, fissate, fistula, fixated, fixates, fixatif, flasket, flatbed, flatcap, flatcar, flatlet, flatted, flatten, flatter, flattop, flaunts, flaunty, fleapit, floated, floatel, floater, flokati, flotage, flotsam, flyboat, flypast, flytrap, folates, foliate, fondant, fontina, footage, footman, footpad, footway, formant, formate, formats, fossate, foveate, foxtail, fractal, fracted, fractur, fractus, frailty, fraktur, frantic, fraters, fraught, fretsaw, frigate, frontal, fugatos, furcate, fustian, futharc, futhark, futural, gabfest, grafted, grafter, gratify, haffets, haffits, haftara, hafters, hafting, hateful, hatfuls, hatsful, hayloft, indraft, infanta, infante, infants, infarct, inflate, infract, ingraft, kaftans, leaflet, liftman, maftirs, mastiff, mudflat, nonfact, offbeat, offcast, outface, outfall, outfast, outfawn, overfat, parfait, pitfall, pooftah, rafters, rafting, ratafee, ratafia, ratfink, ratfish, redraft, reflate, refloat, refract, refutal, regraft, restaff, satisfy, sfumato, shafted, staffed, staffer, strafed, strafer, strafes, sulfate, sunfast, tackify, tactful, taffeta, taffias, taffies, tailfan, takeoff, tankful, tariffs, tartufe, tearful, terefah, tiffany, traffic, trayful, turfman, unfaith, updraft, upwafts, vatfuls, waftage, wafters, wafting, wafture.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Aft


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 66 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    ..-.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#102 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0066 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357286

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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