Meaning of "thwart" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THWART

From Old Norse thvert, from thverr transverse; related to Old English thweorh crooked, Old High German twerh transverse.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF THWART

thwart  [θwɔːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THWART

Thwart is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective, an adverb and a preposition.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb thwart in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES THWART MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thwart

A thwart is a strut placed crosswise in a ship or boat, to brace it crosswise. In rowboats it can also serve as a seat for a rower. Some inflatable boats have a thwart which can be folded and removed so the boat can be deflated and rolled up for transport or storage.

Definition of thwart in the English dictionary

The first definition of thwart in the dictionary is to oppose successfully or prevent; frustrate. Other definition of thwart is to be or move across. Thwart is also a seat lying across a boat and occupied by an oarsman.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO THWART

PRESENT

Present

I thwart

you thwart

he/she/it thwarts

we thwart

you thwart

they thwart

Present continuous

I am thwarting

you are thwarting

he/she/it is thwarting

we are thwarting

you are thwarting

they are thwarting

Present perfect

I have thwarted

you have thwarted

he/she/it has thwarted

we have thwarted

you have thwarted

they have thwarted

Present perfect continuous

I have been thwarting

you have been thwarting

he/she/it has been thwarting

we have been thwarting

you have been thwarting

they have been thwarting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I thwarted

you thwarted

he/she/it thwarted

we thwarted

you thwarted

they thwarted

Past continuous

I was thwarting

you were thwarting

he/she/it was thwarting

we were thwarting

you were thwarting

they were thwarting

Past perfect

I had thwarted

you had thwarted

he/she/it had thwarted

we had thwarted

you had thwarted

they had thwarted

Past perfect continuous

I had been thwarting

you had been thwarting

he/she/it had been thwarting

we had been thwarting

you had been thwarting

they had been thwarting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will thwart

you will thwart

he/she/it will thwart

we will thwart

you will thwart

they will thwart

Future continuous

I will be thwarting

you will be thwarting

he/she/it will be thwarting

we will be thwarting

you will be thwarting

they will be thwarting

Future perfect

I will have thwarted

you will have thwarted

he/she/it will have thwarted

we will have thwarted

you will have thwarted

they will have thwarted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been thwarting

you will have been thwarting

he/she/it will have been thwarting

we will have been thwarting

you will have been thwarting

they will have been thwarting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would thwart

you would thwart

he/she/it would thwart

we would thwart

you would thwart

they would thwart

Conditional continuous

I would be thwarting

you would be thwarting

he/she/it would be thwarting

we would be thwarting

you would be thwarting

they would be thwarting

Conditional perfect

I would have thwart

you would have thwart

he/she/it would have thwart

we would have thwart

you would have thwart

they would have thwart

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been thwarting

you would have been thwarting

he/she/it would have been thwarting

we would have been thwarting

you would have been thwarting

they would have been thwarting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you thwart
we let´s thwart
you thwart

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to thwart

Past participle

thwarted

Present Participle

thwarting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «THWART»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thwart» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of thwart

baffle · balk · check · cook someone´s goose · defeat · foil · frustrate · hinder · impede · obstruct · oppose · outwit · prevent · put a spoke in someone´s wheel · snooker · stop · stymie

TRANSLATION OF THWART

Find out the translation of thwart to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of thwart from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thwart» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 阻挠
• Translator English - Spanish: frustrar
• English: thwart
• Translator English - Hindi: विफल
• Translator English - Arabic: إحباط
• Translator English - Russian: сорвать
• Translator English - Portuguese: frustrar
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুপ্রস্থ
• Translator English - French: contrecarrer
• Translator English - Malay: Menggagalkan
• Translator English - German: abwehren
• Translator English - Japanese: 妨害する
• Translator English - Korean: 방해하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngganggu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ngang
• Translator English - Tamil: தடைசெய்வதற்கான
• Translator English - Marathi: आडवा करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: önlemek
• Translator English - Italian: contrastare
• Translator English - Polish: pokrzyżować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зірвати
• Translator English - Romanian: contracara
• Translator English - Greek: ματαιώσει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: stuit
• Translator English - Swedish: omintetgöra
• Translator English - Norwegian: motarbeide

9 QUOTES WITH «THWART»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thwart.

1

Chris Cannon

The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it.

2

James Connolly

If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!

3

Mark Davis

I'd love to thwart the Census form, but I want a constitutional basis for doing it - and here's the tricky thing. I think even constitutional purists would tell you that just because something isn't in the Constitution does not mean the government cannot do it.

4

Learned Hand

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.

5

John Mica

TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all.

6

Lucas Neff

I really don't want to do anything that resembles stand-up comedy. But I will agree to say that I am doing it, and I will hope that people expect it to be that, so I can thwart those expectations.

7

Bill Nelson

We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.

8

Paul Schrader

Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors.

9

Allyson Schwartz

The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it is our job to take meaningful steps to eliminate the threats posed by Iran.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THWART»

Discover the use of thwart in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thwart and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Never Thwart a Thespian [#8 Leigh Koslow Mystery Series]:

I hope you've enjoyed Never Thwart a Thespian! If you haven't guessed already, See You in Bells is arealplay.Notonly that,butit's a play I wrote myself, with a part for myself,whichI actually gotto perform! Doing so was truly one of the highlights ...

Edie Claire, 2014

Encyclopedia Metropolitana

Thus the preposition athwartis derived says Johnson from a and thwart. “ Themistocles made Xerxes post out of Gracia, bv giving out a purpose to break his bridge athwart the Hellespont. BACON. Essays. Here the bridge is not in fact asserted ...

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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; or, universal dictionary of ...

Why come ye not to Court ? He started vp, and ran away as though he had not bene touched, insomuch as he ouerran all the company, being by the way shot thwart buttocks by mine Irish boy with my petronell. Hahluyt. Voyage; Sfc. vol. iii. p .

Edw Smedley, 1845

King Lear

If she must teem, 275 Create her child of spleen, that it may live And be a thwart disnatured torment to her. Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth ; 277. thwart] thourt Qq. disnatured] difnatur'd IT. difuetur'd Qq. difventur'd Q». principle of the ...

William Shakespeare, 2001

CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs

2.50 Remark To discuss the embedding of the configuration in the TD (in Theorem 2.49), the notion of a thwart is required. Let k and x be nonnegative integers, and let I = {ii. i?. . . . , i, } be a set of integers satisfying 0 < ii < i? < ••• < i, < x. Further ...

Charles J. Colbourn, 1996

Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...

Thus the preposition athwart is derived says Johnson from a and thwart. " Themistocles made Xerxes post out of Grecia, by giving out a purpose to break his bridge athwart the Hellespont." Bacon. Essays. Here the bridge is not in fact asserted ...

Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845

Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of ...

Thus the preposition athwart is derived says Johnson from a and thwart. “ Themistoclcs made Xerxes post out of Grecia, by giving out a purpose to break his bridge athwnrt the Hellespont. - Bacon. Essays. Here the bridge is not in fact asserted ...

Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845

Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Pure sciences

Thus the preposition athwart is derived says Johnson from a and thwart. " Themistocles made Xerxes post out of Grccia, by giving out a purpose to breuk his bridge athwart the Hellespont." B.icov. Essays. Here the bridge is not in fact asserted ...

Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845

Popular Science

Black enamel $5 Polished nickel $6 ARKAY CRYSTAL DETECTORS Improve Your Paddling Canoe (Continued from page 80) The mast thwart is made of ^-in. stock as shown, with a hole in the center for the mast. It is attached to the gunwale ...

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The Chambers Dictionary

[ON thveit] thwart thwo'rt, vl to oppose; to frustrate; to balk; to cross; to cross the path of; to obstruct; to set crosswise; to plough crosswise. — v; to cross; to conflict. — n frustration; hindrance; a rower's bench placed across a boat.

Allied Chambers, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THWART»

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Hillary Clinton Aim Is to Thwart Quick Buck on Wall Street

While Washington and the media were worked up about Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails last Friday, most of the nation seemingly missed — or at least largely ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Police advise how to thwart, protect self from mass shooting

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — Mass shootings, like Thursday at a Lafayette, La. movie theater, and others at malls and other places with typically low security, ... «WTNH Connecticut News, Jul 15»

Republican Governors Signal Their Intent to Thwart Obama's …

WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepares to complete sweeping regulations aimed at tackling climate change, at least five Republican governors, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Israelis and Saudis Reveal Secret Talks to Thwart Iran

Among those who follow the Middle East closely, it's been an open secret that Israel and Saudi Arabia have a common interest in thwarting Iran. But until ... «Bloomberg View, Jun 15»

RFID and AIDC News: Northwestern University Researchers Claim …

Researchers and brand companies have been chasing the use of various types of invisible inks to thwart counterfeiting for more than two decades. SCDigest ... «Supply Chain Digest, May 15»

Hensarling: Fed shouldn't 'thwart' leak probe

Top GOP lawmakers are accusing the Federal Reserve of trying to “thwart” their efforts to discover who leaked market-moving information from the central bank. «The Hill, May 15»

German police thwart Boston-style plot to bomb cycle race, source …

(CNN) German police overnight thwarted a terrorist plot by a radicalized couple, a plan they suspect involved bombing a bicycle race near Frankfurt, a German ... «CNN, May 15»

Army of forensic experts needed to thwart cyber attacks: Gujarat CM …

In such a situation, we need an army of forensic experts to thwart such attacks," Patel said here. She was addressing the first convocation ceremony of the ... «Zee News, Apr 15»

House passes bill to thwart cyberattacks

WASHINGTON – The House on Wednesday passed long-awaited legislation designed to thwart cyberattacks by encouraging private companies to share ... «Press Herald, Apr 15»

Police thwart bid to sacrifice buffaloes at temple festival

inShare0. The police on Tuesday managed to thwart attempts to sacrifice buffaloes at a festival at Madhurakaliamman temple in Thottiyam. Elaborate security ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»