English-Finnish translations for athwart

Definition of athwart

• From side to side; across
• Across the path (of something
• Wrongly; perplexingly
• From one side to the other side of
• Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck
• Across the path or course of; opposing

Examples

• Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart
• We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross
• a fleet standing athwart our course
• The stars moved slowly athwart the sky
• The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ships boat

Related words

• pathway
• deathwatch
• athwartships
• bathwater
• athwartship
• deathwatch beetle
• throw the baby out with the bathwater
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• metabolic pathway