Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abreast"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Abreast \A*breast"\, adv. [Pref. a- + breast.]
1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, ``Two men could
hardly walk abreast.'' --Macaulay.

2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a
line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.

3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to
keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

4. At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.]

Abreast therewith began a convocation. --Fuller.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

abreast
adj : beside one another in a row or rank; "they came down the
street two abreast" [syn: {arow}]
adv : alongside each other, facing on the same direction


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