Thesaurus: across

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1. n. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
2. adv. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
3. adv. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
4. adv. to the opposite side
5. adv. transversely
6. 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. 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.
7. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a directionopposed 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 aregion without following the roads.
8. i:91/r:9 r. to the opposite side r. transversely