across
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-krŏs′
ipa: /əˈkɹɒs/
enpr: ə-krôs′
ipa: /əˈkɹɔs/
enpr: ə-krŏs′
ipa: /əˈkɹɑs/
rhymes: -ɒs
Forms: form: acrosses
form: acrost
Etymology: From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.
Senses: examples: text: I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across country
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across from
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across lots
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across-the-board
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across the board
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across the ditch
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across the line
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across the pond
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across the way
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: across variable
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word: acrosswise
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: broad across the beam
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: bump across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: come across
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word: come across with
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: cut across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: draw a sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: draw a wet sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: draw the sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: draw the wet sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: get across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: get across the line
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: happen across
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word: keep across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: pass a sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: pass a wet sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: pass the sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: pass the wet sponge across the slate
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: put across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: put one across
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word: put oneself across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: put the heart across one
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: read across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: run across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: shot across the bow
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: shot across the bows
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: stumble across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: sweep across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: take across
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: tens across the board
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word: thereacross
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word: trust someone across the street
sense: terms derived from "across" (all parts of speech)
word: whereacross