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Definitions of across

  1. placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  2. transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  3. to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  4. in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  5. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Webster Dictionary DB
  6. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Webster Dictionary DB
  7. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. Webster Dictionary DB
  8. From side to side; crosswise; from one side to another. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  9. Cross-wise: from side to side. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  10. From one side to the other. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
  11. From side to side; over; beyond; crosswise. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  12. From side to side; opposed to along; passing over at any angle; contrarily; in opposition. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  13. From side to side; laid over something so as to cross it. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  14. a-kros', prep. or adv. crosswise: from side to side. [Prep. a, and CROSS.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683
  15. In the form of a cross, as with arms a.; forming a cross with, making angles with, (object expressed or understood), as a line drawn a. (the road); into contact with, as came a. a tiger, an instance; from side to side (of), as run a. (the road); on the other side (of), as by this time he is a. (the Channel). [French] Concise Oxford Dictionary
  16. prep. From side to side, or in a direc­tion opposed to the length of. Cabinet Dictionary
  17. Athwart, laid over something so as to cross it. Complete Dictionary

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