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UNCROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncross mean? 

UNCROSS (verb)
  The verb UNCROSS has 1 sense:

1. change from a crossed to an uncrossed positionplay

  Familiarity information: UNCROSS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNCROSS (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they uncross  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it uncrosses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: uncrossed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: uncrossed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: uncrossing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a crossed to an uncrossed position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

She uncrossed her legs

Hypernyms (to "uncross" is one way to...):

open; spread; spread out; unfold (spread out or open from a closed or folded state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

cross (fold so as to resemble a cross)


 Context examples 


It aroused him; he uncrossed his legs, sat erect, turned to me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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