ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Uncross

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Uncross is a verb meaning (transitive) To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.

Meaning

(transitive) To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To undo the crossing or traversal of.

Example Sentences

Then she fell back on the altar and her fingers dangled loosely on its edge, her feet uncrossed and lay beside each other.
“Don't call me stupid. I mean it. My parents don't ever call each other names. Name-calling and being nasty just breaks things and crosses lines you can't uncross.”
I want nothing more than to run through the crowd of people and throw myself into his arms, but I can't. You can't rewrite the past, and once lines have been crossed, you can't uncross them.

Word Forms

Antonyms for uncross

Common opposites include cross.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unscissor, uncrook, subcross, cross, thwart, unflex.

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