crossed
adjective
uk/krɒst/us/krɑːst/crossedadjective(BODY PART)
(of someone'sarms,legs, orfingers) in apositionwhere onearm, etc. isplacedover the other one:
He justsatat thetablewith crossedarmsandrefusedtoeat.
Thechildrenallsiton thefloorwithlegscrossed.
Herlegswere crossed at theankles.
Opposite
uncrossed
keep/have your fingers crossed(alsofingers are crossed,fingers crossed)
used when youhopevery much that something willhappenin the way that youwant:
We're allkeepingourfingerscrossed for goodweatheron theday.
I had myfingerscrossed that it wouldwork.
He'sinjuredat themomentbutfingerscrossed he'll beabletoplay.
All they could do waswaitwiththeirfingerscrossed.
- Sherestedherheadon her crossedarms.
- Ismootheddown myskirtover my crossedlegs.
- You may beabletotella lot from the couple'sbodylanguage, forexampleiftheirarmsare crossed ortheirlegsare crossed away from each other.
- Heheldup his crossedfingersandsmiled.
Posture
- attitude
- bearing
- carriage
- carry
- deportment
- orthostatic
- pose
- position
- postural
- posture
- power pose
- power posing
- strike
- strike an attitudeidiom
- suck
- sucksomethingin
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Hoping and hopefulness
Good luck and bad luck
crossedadjective(WITH LINE/PATH ACROSS)
having alinedrawnacrossit:
The crossedlinesinscribedon theobjectmayrepresentthe fourpointsof thecompass.
She will makesurethecontracthas every t crossed and every idotted(= that it is verycarefulandcompletelycorrect).
having apath,river,bridge, etc. goingacrossit:
Thegolfcourseis crossed in threeplacesbystreams.
Opposite
uncrossed
See also
getyourwires crossed
- Thelettersincludedadistinctivesymbol: two crossedlinesthrough acircle,resemblingthe crosshairs of agun.
- Theyhikedfor twohoursuphillon aroughdirttrackcrossed by dozens ofstreams.
- Theareais adesert,rackedbyduststormsand crossed byancientdryriverbeds.
Describing handwriting & print
- asemic
- chicken scratch
- crabbed
- handwritten
- illegibility
- illegible
- illegibly
- indecipherable
- joined up
- legibility
- legible
- legibly
- non-character
- pencilled
- scratching
- spidery
- typewritten
- uncrossed
- writing
- written
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Crossing and moving through
crossedadjective(MIXED)
crossed with
bredwith a differentanimalorplant, orcombinedwith a differenttypeof thing, toproducesomething new:
Thedogsare often Siberians or Malamutes crossed withgreyhounds.
Thebarlookslike acoffeeshopcrossed with acocktaillounge.
They were theepitomeof 1960scoolcrossed withclassicBritishstyle.
Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the otheridiom
- blend
- blend in/blend intosomething
- blender
- blitz
- decoction
- emulsion
- guaraná
- homogeneous mixture
- hybridize
- methylate
- mingle
- mixture
- mosaic
- mush
- neither
- saturated solution
- scramble
- substance
- synthesis
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Variety and mixtures
crossedadjective(CHEQUE)
finance & economicsUKspecialized
(of acheque) having twolinesdrawnacrossit to show that it must bepaidinto abankaccount:
A crossedchequegives someprotectionagainstfraudif itfallsinto thewronghands.
Opposite
uncrossed
- Uncrossedchequesshould be crossedimmediatelytoavoidfraud.
- A crossedcheckbearsonitsfacetwoparalleltransverselinesand cannot bepresentedforcash.
Payment methods
- anti-kickback
- ATM card
- automatic withdrawal
- bad cheque
- baksheesh
- cashback
- chip
- commission
- legal tender
- liquefy
- liquid
- loyalty card
- non-cash
- non-monetary
- non-money
- non-paying
- out-of-pocket
- per calendar month
- whip-round