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cut across
Overview of verb cut-across
The verb cut across has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day")
2. (2) cut across -- (be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines")
3. crosscut, cut across -- (cut using a diagonal lines)
Antonyms of verb cut-across
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cut-across
3 senses of cut across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
cut across
=> be
Sense 3
crosscut, cut across
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cut-across
1 of 3 senses of cut across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> tramp
=> stride
=> walk
=> crisscross
=> ford
=> bridge
=> jaywalk
=> drive, take
=> course
=> hop
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cut-across
3 senses of cut across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> pass, go through, go across
Sense 2
cut across
=> be
Sense 3
crosscut, cut across
=> cut
'Cause To' of verb cut-across
Derived Forms of verb cut-across
Domain of verb cut-across
Domain Terms of verb cut-across
Familiarity of verb cut-across
cut across used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb cut-across
3 senses of cut across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
cut across
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
crosscut, cut across
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cut-across
3 senses of cut across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
> pass, go through, go across
=> break through, crack
=> squeak by, squeak through
=> transit
=> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> infiltrate, pass through
=> run
=> transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over
=> cut
=> crash
=> muscle
=> transgress, trespass, overstep
=> negotiate
=> lock
=> make, work
=> cycle
=> fumble, blunder
Sense 2
cut across
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 3
crosscut, cut across
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cut-across
Sense 1
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> pass, go through, go across
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Sense 2
cut across
=> be
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Sense 3
crosscut, cut across
=> cut
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