1. (

• stern ,
• after_part ,
• quarter ,
• poop ,
• tail

) the rear part of a ship ;

2. (

• Stern ,
• Isaac_Stern

) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) ;

3. (

• buttocks ,
• nates ,
• arse ,
• butt ,
• backside ,
• bum ,
• buns ,
• can ,
• fundament ,
• hindquarters ,
• hind_end ,
• keister ,
• posterior ,
• prat ,
• rear ,
• rear_end ,
• rump ,
• stern ,
• seat ,
• tail ,
• tail_end ,
• tooshie ,
• tush ,
• bottom ,
• behind ,
• derriere ,
• fanny ,
• ass

) 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?" ;

1. (

• austere ,
• stern

) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" ;

2. (

• grim ,
• inexorable ,
• relentless ,
• stern ,
• unappeasable ,
• unforgiving ,
• unrelenting

) 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" ;

3. (

• stern ,
• strict ,
• exacting ,

) severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" ;

4. (

• austere ,
• severe ,
• stark ,
• stern

) severely simple; "a stark interior" ;