English to English
stern
(st/[@]/rn
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adjective (a)
- 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
- Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- The black tern.(noun)source: webster1913
- The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect(adj.all)Example:
A stern face.
source: wordnet30 - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty(adj.all)Example:
The stern demands of parenthood.
source: wordnet30