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Across

Across Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Across? [adv] transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [adv] to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" [adv] in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across" [adj] placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Across: crossed \| crosstown \| cross-town \| crossways \| crosswise \| decussate \| intersectant \| intersecting \| over Related Terms \| Find terms related to Across: across the grain \| against \| astraddle \| astride \| athwart \| athwartships \| bendwise \| beyond \| bias \| biased \| biaswise \| catercorner \| catercornered \| confronting \| contrariwise \| contrawise \| crisscross \| cross \| cross-grained \| crossway \| crossways \| crosswise \| diagonal \| facing \| fronting \| horseback \| in front of \| in opposition to \| kittycorner \| oblique \| obliquely \| on \| on horseback \| over against \| overthwart \| past \| sideways \| sidewise \| slant \| straddle \| straddleback \| straddle-legged \| thwart \| thwartly \| thwartways \| toward \| transversal \| transverse \| transversely \| traverse \| versus See Also \| Across In Webster's Dictionary \Across"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. --Dryden. {To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally. --Freeman. {To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. \Across"\, adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. --Shak. 2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.] The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ. --Bp. Hall.

Across Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Across?

[adv] transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
[adv] to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"
[adv] in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across"
[adj] placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across"

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Across In Webster's Dictionary

\A*cross"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en
croix. See Cross, n.]
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction
opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a
river. --Dryden.

{To come across}, to come upon or meet incidentally.
   --Freeman.

{To go across the country}, to go by a direct course across a
   region without following the roads.


\A*cross"\, adv.
1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
   --Shak.

2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]

         The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the
         actions of Christ.                    --Bp. Hall.

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