After

1. adv. Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
2. a. Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
3. a. Hinder; nearer the rear.
4. a. To ward the stern of the ship; — applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
5. prep. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
6. prep. Below in rank; next to in order.
7. 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.
8. prep. Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
9. prep. Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
10. prep. Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
11. 1adv. 1 Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
12. 1a. 1 Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.