athwart-athwart: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is athwart? athwart is athwart

What is athwart?

  • From side to side; crosswise or transversely.

    De um lado para o outro; transversalmente ou transversalmente.

  • So as to thwart, obstruct, or oppose; perversely.

    De modo a frustrar, obstruir ou se opor; Perversamente.

  • From one side to the other of; across: "the Stars that shoot athwart the Night” ( Alexander Pope).

    De um lado para o outro de; através:

  • Contrary to; against.

    Ao contrário; contra.

  • Nautical Across the course, line, or length of.

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