Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncross

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: un-cross
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.

Transitive verb

verb

To undo the crossing or traversal of (something).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Then she fell back on the altar and her fingers dangled loosely on its edge, her feet uncrossed and lay beside each other."
"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."
"“Don't call me stupid. I mean it. My parents don't ever call each other names. Name-calling and being nasty just breaks things and crosses lines you can't uncross.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cross English uncross From un- + cross.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

uncrosses (present, singular) uncrossing (participle, present) uncrossed (participle, past) uncrossed (past)

Rhymes With

across loss cross market cross los boss ross os cos toss give a toss moss

Questions

What does uncross mean?: To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.
Where does uncross come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cross English uncross From un- + cross.

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