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thwart

Definitions


[θwɔːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
(e.g: he never did anything to thwart his father)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’


[θwɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’


[θwɔːt], (Preposition)

Definitions:
- from one side to another side of (an area); across
(e.g: a pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’


[θwɔːt], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- from one side to another side of an area


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’




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