English-Greek translations for thwart

• αναχαιτίζω
• ματαιώνω

Definition of thwart

• place#Verb|Placed or situated across something else; cross#Adjective|cross, oblique, transverse
• Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn
• Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky
• Across the direction of travel#Noun|travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely
• Across, athwart
• To cause#Verb|cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent
• To place#Verb|place across ; to position#Verb|position crosswise
• To move#Verb|move across or counter#Adjective|counter to; to cross#Verb|cross
• A seat#Noun|seat across a boat#Noun|boat on which a rower may sit
• A brace#Noun|brace, perpendicular#Adjective|perpendicular to the keel#Noun|keel, that helps maintain the of a marine vessel against external water#Noun|water pressure#Noun|pressure and that may serve to support#Verb|support the rail#Noun|rail
• An act#Noun|act of #Verb|thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle

Examples

• Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm
• The police thwarted the would-be assassin
• An arrow thwarts the air
• The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row
• A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart

Related words

• thwarted
• athwart
• athwartships
• athwartship
• overthwart