thwart
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
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Adjective
- [[place#Verb|Placed]] or [[situate]]d [[across]] something else; [[cross#Adjective|cross]], [[oblique]], [[transverse]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively|dated}} Of people: having a [[tendency]] to [[oppose]]; [[obstinate]], [[perverse]], [[stubborn]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively|dated}} Of situations or things: [[adverse]], [[unfavourable]], [[unlucky]].
Adverb
- {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[across|Across]] the [[direction]] of [[travel#Noun|travel]] or [[length]] of; [[athwart]], [[crosswise]], [[obliquely]], [[transversely]].
Preposition
- {{lb|en|archaic|or|poetic}} [[across|Across]], [[athwart]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause#Verb|cause]] to [[fail]]; to [[frustrate]], to [[prevent]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[place#Verb|place]] (something) [[across]] (another thing); to [[position#Verb|position]] [[crosswise]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|also|figuratively|obsolete}} To [[hinder]] or [[obstruct]] by placing (something) in the way of; to [[block#Verb|block]], to [[impede]], to [[oppose]].
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive|obsolete}} To [[move#Verb|move]] (something) across or [[counter#Adjective|counter]] to; to [[cross#Verb|cross]].
Noun
- {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[seat#Noun|seat]] [[across]] a [[boat#Noun|boat]] on which a [[rower]] may [[sit]].
- {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[brace#Noun|brace]], [[perpendicular#Adjective|perpendicular]] to the [[keel#Noun|keel]], that helps [[maintain]] the {{l|en|beam|t=[[breadth]]}} of a [[marine]] [[vessel]] against [[external]] [[water#Noun|water]] [[pressure#Noun|pressure]] and that may serve to [[support#Verb|support]] the [[rail#Noun|rail]].
- {{lb|en|rare}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[#Verb|thwarting]]; something which thwarts; a [[hindrance]], an [[obstacle]].
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