VERB | motion | cut across, traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through | travel across or pass over |
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stative | cut across | be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations | |
contact | cut across, crosscut | cut using a diagonal line |
Meaning | Travel across or pass over. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through | |
Narrower | bridge | cross over on a bridge |
course | Move swiftly through or over | |
crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random | |
drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle | |
ford | cross a river where it's shallow | |
hop | Traverse as if by a short airplane trip | |
jaywalk | cross the road at a red light | |
stride | Cover or traverse by taking long steps | |
tramp | cross on foot | |
walk | traverse or cover by walking | |
Broader | pass | go across or through |
Spanish | atravesar, cruzar | |
Catalan | creuar, travessar |
Meaning | Be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines" | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Meaning | cut using a diagonal line. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | crosscut | |
Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
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