| dam1 |
a wall built across a river or stream to keep the water from flowing and to raise the water level behind it. [2 definitions] |
| explore |
to travel across or through in order to discover or search for something. [1/2 definitions] |
| ferry |
a boat or ship that carries people or freight back and forth across a river or other body of water. [2 definitions] |
| fret3 |
one of the ridges set across the neck of a stringed instrument such as a guitar or lute to mark where the fingers should press the strings for each note. |
| gag1 |
to prevent from speaking or crying out by putting something across or inside the mouth. [2/3 definitions] |
| glacier |
a large mass of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow and very slowly moving down a slope or across land. |
| ice hockey |
a sport played on ice by two teams. In ice hockey, each person wears skates and plays with a long stick. Using the stick, players hit a flat disc called a puck and try to get it into the other team's goal, often by passing it from one team member to another across the ice. |
| intersect |
to cut across or pass through; cross. [1/2 definitions] |
| jaywalk |
to walk across a street in a place or at a time that is against traffic laws. |
| jet lag |
a feeling of being very tired or not well after traveling by airplane across different time zones. |
| navigate |
to sail, fly, or travel across, along, or through. [1/5 definitions] |
| opposite |
located at or on the sides across from each other; facing. [2/4 definitions] |
| Orinoco River |
a major river of South America that starts near the Venezuelan border with Brazil, flows across Venezuela, then along the border with Colombia, and finally empties into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| over |
across to the other side of. [5/16 definitions] |
| over- |
a prefix that means "above," "across," or "superior." [1/2 definitions] |
| overflow |
to flood over or across. [1/5 definitions] |
| overseas |
across any of the oceans; abroad. [2/3 definitions] |
| pace1 |
to move across with paces or steps. [1/8 definitions] |
| pedestrian crossing |
a marked path across a road where people can walk fairly safely because vehicles must stop for them. |
| rainbow |
a curved arc of light of many colors across the sky. Rainbows are caused by the sun's shining through drops of water during or after a rain. |
| ring2 |
to sound loudly across a distance, or to create a loud echo (often followed by "out"). [1/11 definitions] |