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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /θwɔː(r)t/


Etymology

From {{term|thwerten||lang=enm}}, {{term|thwarten||lang=enm}}

Verb

  1. to prevent; to halt; to cause failure.
  2. : The police thwarted the would-be assassin.


Derived terms


Translations

Noun

  1. A seat attached to both sides of a boat.
  2. : The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.


Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thwarting.]
1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air. [Obs.]
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Swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton.
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2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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The proposals of the one never thwarted the
inclinations of the other. --South.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.]
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, prep.
Across; athwart. --Spenser.
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Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.)
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv.,
Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse,
across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross,
D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw.
tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tv[aum]r cross, unfriendly,
Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique.
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Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
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2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.]
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Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with
internal oracles. --Locke.
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WordNet thwart
n : a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat
in a rowboat [syn: cross thwart]
v : hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: queer, spoil,
scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk]
Moby Dictionary
across , across the grain , annul , athwart , athwartships , baffle ,
balk , beat , bench , bendwise , bias , biased , biaswise , bilk , blast ,
block , brace , brave , bring to nothing , buffer , cancel , cancel out ,
cast down , catercorner , catercornered , challenge , check , checkmate ,
circumvent , come to nothing , confound , confront , contrariwise ,
contravene , contrawise , counter , counteract , counterbalance ,
countermand , counterwork , crisscross , cross , cross-grained ,
crossing , crossway , crossways , crosswise , curb , dash , defeat ,
defeat expectation , defy , destroy , diagonal , disappoint , discomfit ,
disconcert , discountenance , dish , disillusion , disrupt , dissatisfy ,
elude , flummox , foil , foul up , frustrate , gum up , hinder , impede ,
invalidate , kittycorner , knock the chocks , let down , negate ,
negativate , negative , neutralize , nonplus , nullify , oblique ,
obliquely , obstruct , offset , oppose , overthwart , perplex , queer ,
restrain , ruin , sabotage , scotch , short-circuit , sideways ,
sidewise , slant , spike , spoil , stonewall , stop , stultify , stump ,
style , stymie , tantalize , tease , thwartly , thwartways , transversal ,
transverse , transversely , traverse , undo , upset , vitiate , void


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