1. Adjective
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
2. Adjective
Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
3. Adjective
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
4. Preposition
Across; athwart.
5. Noun
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
6. Verb
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
7. Verb
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
8. Verb
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
9. Verb
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
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