From side to side; in a crossing or crossed manner; crosswise.From one side to another; transversely; in a transverse line: as, what is the distance across? I came across in a steamer.Adversely; contrarily: as, “things go across,” Mir. for Mags., p. 344From side to side of, as opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over: as, a bridge is laid across a river.Transverse to the length of; so as to intersect at any angle: as, a line passing across another.Beyond; on the other side of.