thwart
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
2. (figuratively) Perverse; crossgrained.
adverb
1. Obliquely; transversely; athwart.
noun
1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Definition categories: man–made, crosspiece
Sentences with thwart as a noun:
- A well made doughout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
- The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
verb
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Similar word(s): baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Sentences with thwart as a verb:
- The police thwarted the would-be assassin.
- Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
- An arrow thwarts the air.