Details of word THWART

Definition of thwart

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.

Word "thwart" contains 6 letters : A H R T T W

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