"Thwart" is a word in ENGLISH
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
thwarts the air.
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other,
or athwart the boat.
Situated or placed across something else; transverse;
oblique.
Across; athwart.
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
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Across; athwart.
Read the complete definitionFrom side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid …
Read the complete definitionObliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Read the complete definitionIn a slanting direction over; athwart.
Read the complete definitionAcross, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
Read the complete definitionAcross; from side to side of.
Read the complete definitionAcross the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Read the complete definitionAcross the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
Read the complete definitionIn maritime law. A Spanish term signifying athwart, at right angles, or abeam; sometimes used as descriptive of the position …
Read the complete definitionbalábag - Athwart, across, in the way; to lie or lay across, to thwart, stand—in the way,—in one’s path. Balabági …
Read the complete definitionbalágbag - Across, athwart, in the way. See balábag id.
Read the complete definitionAthwart; across.
Read the complete definitionTo put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
Read the complete definitionTo lie or be athwart.
Read the complete definitionNot parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
Read the complete definitionAthwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
Read the complete definitionhandánaw = alindánaw. handay v [A; c1] {1} place s.t. long athwart s.t. long. Akuy muhanday sa ímung buktun sa …
Read the complete definitionThe distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a …
Read the complete definitionA bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the …
Read the complete definitionkalalbangán, kalalbángan - Road, line, limit, boundary; to lie athwart, lie across, be in the passage of. (cf. lábang, labangán, …
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