Thwart

Thwart - Other Definitions

• (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
  
  
• (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
  
  
• (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
  
  
• (prep.) Across; athwart.
  
  
• (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
  
  
• (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
  
  
• (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
  
  
• (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
  
  
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thwart