[{"word":"thwarts","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.","synonyms":["thaught","thawt","thoft"],"antonyms":[],"example":"The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row."},{"definition":"A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart."},{"definition":"An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["thaught","thawt","thoft"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.","synonyms":["balk","foil","spoil"],"antonyms":["promote"],"example":"Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm."},{"definition":"To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"An arrow thwarts the air."}],"synonyms":["balk","foil","spoil"],"antonyms":["promote"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thwart","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thwarts"]}]