cross-legged

Collocations

4

ADJ.

dark

VERB + CROSS-LEGGED

rumpled, sat, sits, sitting

CROSS-LEGGED + NOUN

bed, carpet, charpai', couch, floor, marble

PREP.

around, in, on, up

Definitions

adj

1

Having one leg over and across the other.

Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

2

Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart.

She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.

adv

1

In a cross-legged position.

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Example Bank

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01

Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishin

Wiktionary

02

She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.

Wiktionary

03

He is sitting cross-legged.

Tatoeba · #1021974

04

Tom and Mary were both sitting cross-legged on the floor.

Tatoeba · #1029789

05

Tom sat cross-legged on the floor.

Tatoeba · #1155832

06

Tom sat cross-legged in the dark.

Tatoeba · #1839582