Across — Defs

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

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.

02 adv. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

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.” — Bp. Hall.