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thwart

/θwɔːt/

noun

A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
"The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row."
Similar: thaught, thawt, thoft
A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
"A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart."
An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.

Synonymsthaught, thawt, thoft

verb

To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
"Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm."
Similar: balk, foil, spoil
To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.

Synonymsbalk, foil, spoil

Antonymspromote

adjective

Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
Similar: cross-grained, froward
Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
Similar: unpropitious, untoward

Synonymscross-grained, froward, unpropitious, untoward

adverb

Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.

preposition

Across, athwart.

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