athwart
Use Athwart in a sentence
adverb
1.
from side to side; crosswise.
2.
Nautical.
a.
at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across.
b.
broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide: a ship riding athwart.
3.
perversely; awry; wrongly.
preposition
4.
from side to side of; across.
5.
Nautical. across the direction or course of.
6.
in opposition to; contrary to.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | transversely; from one side to another |
| —prep | |
| 2. | across the path or line of (esp a ship) |
| 3. | in opposition to; against |
| [C15: from | |
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Example sentences
Forward thrusters tend to be tunnel thrusters, operating athwart ships.
Athwart the sky were long sweeps of fibrous white clouds presaging rain.
The tanks are located in an athwart ships fashion forward of the engine compartment.
The night is done and the glimmer of light is spread athwart the political skies.
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