crosswise

adj 1adv 1

Collocations

VERB + CROSSWISE

board, hands, horse, line, placed, putting, stopped

CROSSWISE + NOUN

chest, himself, middle, space

PREP.

between, in, on, on

Definitions

adj

crossing; lying across

adv

transversely; so as to lie across

Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — transversely

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.

Wiktionary

This line is crosswise.

Tatoeba · #1671731

A truck stopped crosswise in the middle of the road.

Tatoeba · #2258092

He placed the board crosswise on top of the two sawhorses.

Tatoeba · #12079162

The wind blew the branches of the tree crosswise, making it sway.

Tatoeba · #12079163

She arranged the books on the shelf crosswise to save space.

Tatoeba · #12079164

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