Thwart

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

thwart cross thwart

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

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

Verb

thwart queer spoil scotch foil cross frustrate baffle bilk

Definition: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

Definition: To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.

Adjective

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

Adverb

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