verb
1. travel across or pass over (Freq. 4)
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The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑crossing (for: ↑cross), ↑track (for: ↑track), ↑traverse (for: ↑traverse), ↑traverser (for: ↑traverse), ↑traversal (for: ↑traverse)
• Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s PP
2. be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations (Freq. 2)
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Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines
• Hypernyms: ↑be
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something
3. cut using a diagonal line
• Syn: ↑crosscut
• Hypernyms: ↑cut
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.