Meaning of THWART in English

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Meaning of THWART in English

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

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