thwart
IPA: θwˈɔrt
noun
- (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- (nautical) 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.
- (rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
verb
- (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
- (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
adjective
- Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
- (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
- (figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
adverb
- (obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
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Examples of "thwart" in Sentences
- They didn't seem to thwart the man.
- Star Booty breaks in and thwarts the plan.
- Forewarned, Sharpe is able to thwart the turncoat.
- The plans were thwarted by the outbreak of the war.
- The attempt was thwarted and the conspiracy unraveled.
- The brand, in fact, was originated to thwart rustlers.
- Ultraman King had arrived to thwart the diabolical alien.
- After the ensuing battle, the team successfully thwarted the hijack attempt.
- This enabled the Germans to successfully stymie and thwart American movements.
- This technicality is intended to evade the law and thwart the Will of Congress.
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