Definition of after

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After (a.) Hinder; nearer the rear.

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Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..
After :: After (prep.) Below in rank; next to in order.
Grenadier :: Grenadier (n.) Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Smack :: Smack (v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting..
Placenta :: Placenta (n.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
Sea :: Sea (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea..
Reaggravation :: Reaggravation (n.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication..
Questionary :: Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
Stilled :: Still (a.) After that; after what is stated.
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
Gore :: Gore (n.) Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted..
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful..
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