to thwart

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İngilizce - Türkçe
{f} engel olmak
{f} bozmak
kösteklemek
gölge etmek
{f} önlemek
(Askeri) oturak
engellemek
önüne geçmek
karşı çık
karşı çıkmak
muhalefet etmek
karşı gelmek
{s} aykırı
oturak tahta
(isim) sandalın oturak tahtası
{f} yaptırmamak
kürekçinin oturduğu tahta
{s} çapraz
filika oturaklarından biri
{i} sandalın oturak tahtası
engelle

Mutluluğun peşinde olmak mutluluğu engeller. - The very pursuit of happiness thwarts happiness.

Telefon soygunu olağanüstü bir biçimde engellendi. - Phone robbery thwarted in unusual manner.

İngilizce - İngilizce
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit

The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.

A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail

A well made doughout canoe rarely needs a thwart.

to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate

Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.

{a} transverse, cross, perverse, mischievous
{v} to cross, traverse, oppose, interfere
{v} to cross, traverse, cross, perverse, mischievous
A transverse seat or crossbeam
A supporting module that extends the width of the canoe
[top] A brace that runs from gunwale to gunwale
To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air
To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent
Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique
To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner
If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want. The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators. to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do (thwart (13-19 centuries), from thvert)
A seat attached to both sides of a boat
Fig
{e} transversely
Perverse; crossgrained
A transverse plank in a boat or galley; used to seat rowers, support masts, or provide lateral stiffness
{i} act of prevention or frustration; seat across a boat used by an oarsman
across, from side to side; beyond; transversely; on the other side; to the other side; athwart, in an apposing manner
A seat or brace running laterally across a boat; also, a rower’s seat extending across the boat
{s} diagonal, slanted, sloped
A structural member that runs across the width of an open canoe, usually of wood or aluminum tubing A paddling thwart is a type of seat It usually consists a piece of wood tilted forward so the kneeling paddler can rest his butt on it Once popular because of their light weight, paddling thwarts are seldom used and definitely not recommended for safety reasons If the boat were to pin and collapse, the paddler's legs could be trapped under the thwart
A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat
Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
A cross-brace between the sides of a canoe The center thwart should be the balance point of the canoe
Hence, to be in opposition; to clash
Across; athwart
A transverse structural member in the cockpit
Support for centreboard trunk and hull across the beam at mid length
to prevent; to halt; to cause failure
{f} frustrate, foil, prevent, impede; be placed across; place across
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
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