sternfast

English

noun

Definitions

(nautical) A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.

Etymology

Compound from English stern (rear part of a vessel) + English fast (fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly).

Origin

English

fast

Gloss

fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Property

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Cognates and derived terms

astern English
barefast English
breakfast English
breastfast English
chairfast English
colorfast English
colourfast English
cragfast English
earthfast English
fast English
fast-handed English
fast-paced English
fastcore English
fasten English
faster English
fastest English
fasteth English
fastgang English
fastgrowing English
fastish English
fastly English
fastness English
fastpitch English
fastwalker English
headfast English
holdfast English
hyperfast English
landfast English
lightfast English
lockfast English
makefast English
masterfast English
nailfast English
nonfast English
outfast English
overfast English
rainfast English
semi-fast English
serofast English
setfast English
shamefaced English
shamefast English
sitfast English
steadfast English
stern English
sterncastle English
sterndrive English
sterned English
sterner English
sternforemost English
sternly English
sternman English
sternmost English
sternness English
sternpicker English
sternport English
sternpost English
sternsheets English
sternsman English
sternward English
sternwards English
sternway English
sternwheel English
sunfast English
superfast English
tub-fast English
tubfast English
ultra-fast English
ultrafast English
unfast English
washfast English
wetfast English
fast Middle English
stern Middle English
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