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 Definition of 'stern'

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Definitions of 'stern'  

1. (noun) sternafter partquarterpooptail
the rear part of a ship

2. (noun) SternIsaac Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

3. (noun) buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrearrear endrumpsternseattailtail endtooshietushbottombehindderrierefannyass
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

4. (adj) austerestern
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
"an austere expression"; "a stern face"

5. (adj) griminexorablerelentlesssternunappeasableunforgivingunrelenting
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
"grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

6. (adj) sternstrictexacting
severe and unremitting in making demands
"an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

7. (adj) austereseverestarkstern
severely simple
"a stark interior"


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