Across : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Across	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Across
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
across adv to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" Synonym(s): across, crosswise, crossways
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Across \Across"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Across \Across"\ (#; 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.