Definition of after

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After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause..

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Math :: Math (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath..
Lanugo :: Lanugo (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
Wraith :: Wraith (n.) An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image..
Whether :: Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
After :: After (prep.) Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of..
Sunk :: Sunglow (n.) A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
Permutation :: Permutation (n.) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also alternation. Cf. Combination, n., 4..
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called the balks..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter..
Screenings :: Screenings (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc..
Tiger :: Tiger (n.) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger..
Dogdraw :: Dogdraw (n.) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog..
Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
Tenebrae :: Tenebrae (n.) The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days..
Postnuptial :: Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife..
Oviferous :: Oviferous (a.) Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched..
Slip :: Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..
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