Across /(#; 115)/

A·cross

Across

prep.
  1. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

Phrases & Compounds
To come across
to come upon or meet incidentally.
To go across the country
to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

Across

adv.
  1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.
  2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]
    The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ.