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# crosswise

«crosswise» in Mova's school dictionary: **across, in a cross shape, or against the length of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

Crosswise means across, in a cross shape, or against the length of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

lying across something, especially in a tale where a bone or a stick is set across another

### examples

- A bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswise/#x1)
- Break off a branch and strike the hearth with it crosswise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswise/#x2)
- Lay the sticks crosswise to make a cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it is about direction, not a number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crosswise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.