Associations to the word «Athwart»
Noun
- Shore
- Ship
- Sand
- Pace
- Ruin
- Fashion
- Rose
- Trunk
- Landscape
- Stomach
- Strike
- Hill
- Fall
- Stand
- Branch
- Snow
- Firing
- Echo
- Doorway
- Road
- Sword
- Wall
- Drove
- Wave
- Wheel
- Shoot
- Passing
- Space
- Comes
- Foot
- Tomb
- Wing
- Ski
- Column
- Evening
- Floor
- Bee
- Night
- Distance
- Silence
- Leaving
- Saw
- Devil
- Break
- Roof
- Face
- Gentleman
- Storm
- Forest
- Sort
- Shape
- Glance
- Height
- Came
- Gun
- Breath
- Street
- Bar
- Spot
- Burst
- Reach
- Bed
- Door
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ATHWART, adverb. (archaic) From side to side; across.
ATHWART, adverb. (archaic) Across the path (of something).
ATHWART, preposition. (archaic) From one side to the other side of.
ATHWART, preposition. (nautical) Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
ATHWART, preposition. (archaic) Across the path or course of; opposing.
Dictionary definition
ATHWART, adverb. At right angles to the center line of a ship.
ATHWART, adverb. At an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.