verb
Meaning 1
To cross by running.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
run across
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verb
Meaning 2
To find or discover by chance; to come across.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: encounter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
come together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meet, run into, encounter, come across, see
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: intersect, cross
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: přeběhnout přes — to cross by running
- Finnish: juosta ... poikki — to cross by running
- Finnish: juosta ... yli — to cross by running
- German: über ... rennen — to cross by running
- Macedonian: претрчува (pretrčuva) — to cross by running
- Polish: przebiegać — to cross by running
- Polish: przebiec — to cross by running
- Portuguese: passar correndo — to cross by running