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Meaning
Adv
●
From
side to side
, often in an
oblique
manner
; across or over.
●
Across the
path
of something,
so as to
impede
progress.
●
Against the
anticipated
or
appropriate
course
of something;
improperly
,
perversely
, wrongly.
Prep
●
From
one side
to the
other side
of; across.
●
Across the
course
or
path
of,
so as to
meet
; hence (figurative), to the
attention
of.
●
Across the
course
or
path
of,
so as to
oppose.
●
Across; through.
●
Opposed to.
●
In Nautical:
Across the
line
of a ship's
course
, or across its deck.
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Synonyms
Overthwart
Transversely
Awry
Crosswise
Related
Astride
Rhymes
Ort
Fort
Rort
Wart
Port
Mort
Bort
Tort
Port
Dort
Sport
Short
Court
Skort
Forte
Swart
Aport
Detort
Enhort
Cavort
Retort
Export
Asnort
Assort
Import
Report
Accourt
Desport
Comport
Support
Purport
Distort
Athwart
Consort
Reimport
Reexport
Rereport
Spoilsport
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