stern

Определение stern в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: grim and forbidding in appearance; having a hardness and severity of nature or manner; The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel; {a} severe in lock, harsh, cruel, afflictive; {n} the hinder part of a ship, tail, direction; {i} family name; Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Russian-born American violinist; Otto Stern (1888-1969) German-born American physicist, winner of the Nobel prize in 1943; back part of a ship (poupe); The rear of a ship Also see bow, starboard and port; The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog; the back end of a kayak; The back part of a boat; The post of management or direction; 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?"; The back of a vessel; The aftermost part of a ship; Someone who is stern is very serious and strict. Her father was stern and hard to please; 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 sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree; of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"; The end of a vessel Opposite of bow; The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow; The rear of the boat; after-part of a ship or boat; The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder; The afterpart of a vessel; Stern words or actions are very severe. Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence + sternly stern·ly `We will take the necessary steps,' she said sternly; Rear of a vessel; The rear part of the boat; severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"; [top] The very back end of the canoe; The aft part of a ship; "The rear part of a ship " (Uden & Cooper); The black tern; The back end of a boat; The stern of a boat is the back part of it. From stem to stern: see stem prow. Russian-born American violinist who is considered among the great 20th-century virtuosos. German-born American physicist. He won a 1943 Nobel Prize for detecting the magnetic movements of atomic particles. the back of a ship bow. German weekly newsmagazine. Founded in 1948, it quickly became known for its outstanding photography and its blend of light and serious material. The magazine's lively treatment of many topics helped it achieve wide popularity in the 20th century. With a weekly circulation of roughly one million, Stern features pictorial essays, celebrity profiles, interviews, and other material and combines provocative photographs of violence and sexual imagery with conventional pictures of current events. In the early 21st century, Stern took an influential stand against neo-Nazi activities by launching a campaign to prevent right-wing violence. György Stern Solti Stern Isaac Jonas Stern; grim, has hardness or severity of nature or manner; Rear of the vessel; United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920); 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"; {i} rear section of a boat (Nautical); back part of anything; Fig; The hinder part of anything; the rear part of a ship; Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits; {s} strict, uncompromising, firm; grim, harsh, austere; The after part (back) of the boat; The after (back) part of a boat; The aftermost end of a ship; Back of the boat; The rear or after end of a vessel; The rear end or back of a vessel; the rear part of a ship United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards; The rear end of a vessel; sternage; stour
stern chaser: A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel
stern chasers: plural form of stern chaser
stern drive: An inboard engine connected to an outboard drive unit at the rear of a powerboat
stern chaser: a naval gun able to fire astern at a ship in chase
stern of a ship: rear section of a ship
stern sheets: The stern area of an open boat
Fintushel-Stern knot: The three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third
sternness: The state or quality of being stern
sternness: The result or product of being stern
sternly: {a} in a stern manner, harshly, severely
sternness: {n} harshness, moroseness, severeness
Avraham Stern: {i} Avraham "Yair" Stern (1907-1942), founder of Fighters for the Freedom of Israel
Isaac Stern: born July 21, 1920, Kremenets, Ukraine, Russian Empire died Sept. 22, 2001, New York, N.Y., U.S. Ukrainian-born U.S. violinist. His family came to the U.S. when he was an infant. He first performed with the San Francisco Symphony in 1936, and he made his New York City debut at age
Isaac Stern: After World War II, he began to tour extensively (including the Soviet Union in 1956). In 1960 he formed a famous trio with pianist Eugene Istomin (b. 1925) and cellist Leonard Rose (1918-84). He was instrumental in saving Carnegie Hall from demolition, helped establish the National Endowment for the Arts, and was a key presence in the musical life of Israel
Isaac Stern: (1920-2001) Russian-born Jewish American violinist
Sterne: British writer whose masterpiece Tristram Shandy (1761-1767) was a precursor to modern stream-of-consciousness novels
Yair Stern: {i} Avraham Stern (1907-1942), poet and founder of Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (FFI) who was executed by the British in 1942
from stem to stern: throughout, from one end to another
pink stern: See Chebacco, and 1st Pink
sterne: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)
sterner: comparative of stern
sterner: A director
sternest: superlative of stern
sternly: In a stern manner
sternly: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses"
sternly: strictly, firmly, in an uncompromising manner
sternly: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses
sternness: The quality or state of being stern
sternness: {i} strictness, severeness, uncompromising attitude, firmness; grimness, harshness, austereness
sternness: uncompromising resolution
sternness: The quality of being stern
sterns: plural of stern
torpedo stern: A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats
torpedo stern: It prevents settling in the water at high speed
tunnel stern: A design of motor-boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft