Definition of across

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Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

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Diagonal :: Diagonal (n.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel..
Travers :: Travers (a.) Across; athwart.
Portiere :: Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.
Transvert :: Transvert (v. t.) To cause to turn across; to transverse.
Athwart :: Athwart (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Hard :: Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
Crosscut :: Crosscut (v. t.) To cut across or through; to intersect.
Swim :: Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river..
Shove :: Shove (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor..
Zamang :: Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship..
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles..
Transflux :: Transflux (n.) A flowing through, across, or beyond..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Batardeau :: Batardeau (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall..
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