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uncrosses

uncrosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncross.

Meaning of uncross

Verb

uncross (third-person singular simple present uncrosses, present participle uncrossing, simple past and past participle uncrossed)

  1. (transitive) To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.
    • Then she fell back on the altar and her fingers dangled loosely on its edge, her feet uncrossed and lay beside each other.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 32
  2. (transitive) To undo the crossing or traversal of (something).
    • I want nothing more than to run through the crowd of people and throw myself into his arms, but I can't. You can't rewrite the past, and once lines have been crossed, you can't uncross them.2014, DeAnna Holland, No Place Like Home

Questions about uncrosses

What is uncrosses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uncrosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncross.

Words near uncrosses in the dictionary

  1. uncrossability
  2. uncrossable
  3. uncrossableness
  4. uncrossably
  5. uncrossed
  6. uncrosses
  7. uncrossexaminable
  8. uncrossexamined
  9. uncrossing
  10. uncrossings
  11. uncrosslinked

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