Definition
From front to back; from one end to the other end.
In Context
- "[T]he horse was the vainer brute of the two; he was far worse beflounced, bebonneted, and bemantled, than any fair lady. . . . [T]his poor animal from stem to stern was swamped in finery."
- "Michigan's Mackinac Island, the Lake Huron resort where automobiles are barred, was sprayed from stem to stern with DDT."
- "Weighing in at four pounds, the lobster was rubbery and tasteless from stem to stern."