transitive verb. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of.

transitive verb. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).

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

adjective. Extending, lying, or passing across; transverse.

adjective. Eager to oppose, especially wrongly; perverse.

adverb & preposition. Athwart; across.

noun. See the extract.

noun. A seat across a boat on which the oarsman sits.

Lying or extending across or crosswise; cross; transverse.

Antithetical.

Perverse; contrary; cross-grained.

noun. Opposition; defiance.

To pass over or across; cross.

To put crosswise, or one across another.

To put in the way; oppose.

To cross, as a purpose; contravene; frustrate; baffle.

Synonyms Foil, Baffle, etc. See frustrate.

To go crosswise or obliquely.

To be in opposition; be contrary or perverse; hence, to quarrel; contend.

From side to side; across; crosswise; transversely; athwart.

Across; athwart.

Opposite to; over against.

adverb. Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.

transitive verb. To move across or counter to; to cross.

transitive verb. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.

adjective. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

adjective. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.

noun. A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.

preposition. Across; athwart.

preposition. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.

intransitive verb. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.

intransitive verb. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.

verb. to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.

noun. A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.

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

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

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

"Mugabe spoke about a "vicious onslaught" by his overseas critics, saying they were trying to "thwart" the country from importing food."

after-thwart  bow-thwart  

beam  

athwart  athwartships  thwarter  

crosspiece  

Court  Dort  Mort  Porte  Stuart  

affordeth  bosun  carronade  companionway  entrie  

across  across  across the grain  annul  athwart  

thwarted  thwarting  thwartness  thwarts