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Thwart has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Prep

Definitions
Noun
1

a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

2

A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

Verb
1

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"

"foil your opponent"

2

To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.

Adjective
1

Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.

Adverb
1

Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.

Prep
1

Across, athwart.

See Also
prevent scuttle put spoke in someone's wheel spite thwartingly tie someone's hands crimebusting scupper
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
crosspiece prevent
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
disappoint dash short-circuit ruin
Rhyming Words
art mart bart dart tart lart hart fart kart cart sart vart wart part skart boart swart snart chart clart
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