Thwart means to confound, foil a plan beat someone or to run transversely across.
I must thwart the villain in his plans.
The seating ran thwart ships across the boat.
i went to school and tried to thwart the plan to make school longer
The police were able to thwart the robbery attempt before the thieves could escape with the stolen goods.
Aware of events
The activist proposed a radical approach to address social inequality in the community.
In a last ditch effort to thwart the American naval advance, the Japanese Empire resorted to suicidal kamikaze attacks, in which their planes were used as flying bombs.
A thwart is a strut placed crosswise, i.e.,left to right, in a small boat of shallow draft. These small boats are commonly known as rowboats, canoes, dinghies, or dories. The thwart can be used as a seat, especially on a rowboat or canoe.While you probably wouldn't tie parts of a boat to the thwart, there are many boat accessories you could tie, and help prevent their loss. You could secure your waterproof or water-resistantditty bag, seat cushions, or dock fenders. You could tie your cooler or a bailing bucket to the thwart. If the thwart is structurally sound, you could use it to tie up to a dock cleat. You could lay your fishing rods on the thwart, or lay your oars on the thwart, if you don't have oarlocks.There are some items you probably would not tie to a thwart. An anchor and anchor line is probably too much weight for a thwart and could pull it out or even capsize the boat. A tow line also would probably exert too much pressure on a thwart and could pull it out.
A thwart is a seat across a boat for a rower to sit on.
aid, assist, encourage are all antonyms for thwart
The word is thwart (prevent someone from doing something).
the army tried to thwart any rebellions against the new king.
The spy was able to thwart the enemy's plans through quick thinking and clever tactics.
"Thwart" can be a verb, noun or preposition. Defined from the dictionary (which would be a much better, more direct source to use for any word): As a verb: to prevent one from accomplishing something: "he never did anything to thwart his father"; "he was thwarted in his plans". As a noun: a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat. As a preposition: from one side to another side of; across: "a cloud spread thwart the shore".