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starboard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun starboard has 1 sense
- starboard(n = noun.artifact) Array - the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose; Array is a kind of side
Antonym: larboard
Derived form verb starboard1
Verb starboard has 1 sense
- starboard(v = verb.motion) Array - turn to the right, of helms or rudders; Array is one way to channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
Derived form noun starboard1
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Adjective starboard has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
starboard, n. [OE. sterbord, AS. steórbord, i.e., steer board. See Steer, v. t. , Board of a vessel, and cf. Larboard.].
That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard , or port . [1913 Webster]
starboard, a.
Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard shrouds; starboard quarter; starboard tack. [1913 Webster]
starboard, v. t.
To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
starboard, n. & v. Naut. & Aeron.
--n. the right-hand side (looking forward) of a ship, boat, or aircraft (cf. PORT(3)).
--v.tr. (also absol.) turn (the helm) to starboard.
--n. the right-hand side (looking forward) of a ship, boat, or aircraft (cf. PORT(3)).
--v.tr. (also absol.) turn (the helm) to starboard.
Idiom
starboard tack see TACK(1) 4. starboard watch see WATCH n. 3b.
Etymology
OE steorbord = rudder side (see STEER, BOARD), early Teutonic ships being steered with a paddle over the right side
THESAURUS
starboard
Epistle side, astarboard, clockwise, conservative, decanal side, dexter, dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, ease the helm, ease the rudder, larboard, off, on the right, port, reactionary, recto, right, right field, right hand, right side, right wing, right-hand, right-wing, right-winger, right-wingish, rightward, rightwardly, rightwards, starboard tack, to the rightROGET THESAURUS
starboard
Dextrality
N dextrality, right, right hand, dexter, offside, starboard, dextral, right-handed, dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse, ambidextral, ambidextrous, dextro-, dextrad, dextrally.
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