Across
WordNet
adverb
(1) Transversely
"The marble slabs were cut across"
(2) To the opposite side
"The football field was 300 feet across"
WiktionaryText
Preposition
- 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
Adverb
- From one side to the other.
- She helped the blind man across.
- The river is half a mile across.
- On the other side.
- If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?.
- In a particular direction.
- He leaned across for a book.
- Horizontally.
- I got stuck on 4 across.