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Thwart logo #10101) Avert 2) Avoid 3) Balk 4) Block 5) Csoss 6) Defeat 7) Deter 8) Disappoint 9) Discomfit 10) Foil 11) Frustrate 12) Hamstring 13) Hinder 14) Offset 15) Stop 16) Stultify 17) Stump 18) Stymie
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Thwart logo #10101) Block 2) Cross thwart 3) Crosspiece 4) Defeat 5) Effectively oppose 6) Foil 7) Foil the plans of 8) Frustrate 9) Hinder or prevent 10) Hinder or prevent of 11) Keep from happening 12) Oppose successfully 13) Prevent from happening 14) Short-circuit 15) Stymie 16) To cause to fail 17) To cross 18) To move across or counter to
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Thwart logo #21000 A thwart is a strut placed crosswise (left/right) in a ship or boat, to brace it crosswise. In rowboats it can also serve as a seat for a rower. verb (used with object) 1. to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. 2. to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.). 3. Archaic. a.to cross. b.to extend across. noun 4. a seat acros...
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Thwart logo #22634Athwartships seat in a small boat.
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Thwart logo #21002• (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. • (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. • (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. • (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat. • (prep.) Across; athwart. • (v. t.) To cr...
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thwart logo #20148[Verb] To frustrate or try to stop someone from doing something.
Example: The enemy tried to thwart the invasion plan.
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Thwart logo #20645Crosswise member to provide hull stiffness and form a seat in a boat.
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart adjective [ Middle English þwart , þwert , adjective and adverb , Icelandic þvert , neut. of þverr athwart, transverse, across; akin to Anglo-Saxon þweorh perverse, transverse, cross, Dutch dwars , Old High German dwera...
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart adverb [ See Thwart , adjective ] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [ Obsolete] Milton.
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart intransitive verb 1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [ R.] 2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [ R.] « Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles Locke.
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart noun (Nautical) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart preposition Across; athwart. Spenser. Thwart ships . See Athwart ships , under Athwart .
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Thwart logo #20972Thwart transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thwarted ; present participle & verbal noun Thwarting .] 1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [ Obsolete] « Swift as a shooting...
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thwart logo #20001 obstruct/frustrate 
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Thwart logo #21217A thwart is a seat across a boat on which the rower sits.
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Thwart logo #21172A transverse structural member in the cockpit. In small boats, often used as a seat.
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thwart logo #20400[n] - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat 2. [v] - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 3. [v] - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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thwart logo #23421[Treasure Island] a rower's seat extending across a boat.
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thwart logo #20974cross thwart noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
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thwart logo #23665[SAT terms] hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
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thwart logo #23665[PSAT glossary] hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
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thwart logo #23665 hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
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thwart logo #23665[Lesser known words] hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
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