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athwart meaning in Urdu

آڑی

/əˈθwɔːt/US/əˈθwɔɹt/

athwart in Urdu: آڑی, بینڈا. In English, athwart means from side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.

Urdu words for athwart

آڑی, بینڈا

English meaning of athwart

  1. adverb From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
  2. adverb Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
  3. adverb Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.
  4. preposition From one side to the other side of; across.

Full definition of athwart

athwart in a sentence

  • Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
  • We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.
  • a fleet standing athwart our course

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Questions about athwart in Urdu

What is the meaning of athwart in Urdu?
Athwart in Urdu is آڑی, بینڈا.
athwart کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Athwart: آڑی, بینڈا.
What does athwart mean in English?
Athwart means from side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: athwart (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: athwart (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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