Definition of Acrss
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To, toward or from the far side of
We rowed across the river
Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river
He came across the street to meet me
- On the opposite side of
That store is across the street
- From one side to the other
The meteor streaked across the sky
- Bridging a gap
This poetry speaks across the centuries
- Perpendicularly
Lay the top stick across the bottom one
- Horizontally (in crosswords)
I got stuck on 4 across.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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