athwart

athwart
[ə`θwɔːt]
наклонно, косо; поперек; перпендикулярно
против; наперекор
сквозь, поперек; через
против; вопреки, наперекор

Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. . 2012.

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  • Athwart — A*thwart , prep. [Pref. a + thwart.] 1. Across; from side to side of. [1913 Webster] Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. [1913 Webster] {Athwart …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • athwart — athwart·hawse; athwart·ship; athwart·ships; athwart·wise; athwart; …   English syllables

  • Athwart — A*thwart , adv. 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. [1913 Webster] Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. [1913 Webster] All… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • athwart — index contra Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • athwart — late 15c., from A (Cf. a ) (1) + THWART (Cf. thwart) …   Etymology dictionary

  • athwart — crosswise, crossways, *across …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • athwart — ► PREPOSITION & ADVERB ▪ from side to side of something; across. ORIGIN from an archaic sense of THWART(Cf. ↑thwart), meaning across …   English terms dictionary

  • athwart — [ə thwôrt′] prep. [ A 1 + THWART] 1. across; from one side to the other of 2. against; opposed to 3. Naut. at right angles to the keel of adv. 1. crosswise; esp., across at a slant …   English World dictionary

  • athwart — 1. adverb /əˈθwɔːt/ a) From side to side; across. Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart. b) Across the path (of something). We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross. 2. preposition /əˈθwɔːt/ …   Wiktionary

  • athwart — I. preposition Date: 15th century 1. across 2. in opposition to < a procedure directly athwart the New England prejudices R. G. Cole > II. adverb Date: circa 1500 1. across especially in an oblique direction 2. in opposi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • athwart — /euh thwawrt /, adv. 1. from side to side; crosswise. 2. Naut. 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;… …   Universalium


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