cross one's legs en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To place one leg over the other, especially while sitting down.
She lifted the top mattress and removed the sack and tossed it on the bed, anxious to count the booty. Sat down on the bed and crossed her legs and she loosened the drawstring and turned the sack upside down and shook.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 49, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 253:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crossed one's legs | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| crossed one's legs | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| crosses one's legs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| crossing one's legs | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (10)
de die Beine übereinanderschlagen (place one leg over the other) · fr croiser les jambes (place one leg over the other) · es cruzar las piernas (place one leg over the other) · it accavallare le gambe (place one leg over the other) · uk схрести́ти но́ги (place one leg over the other) · ja 足を組む (place one leg over the other) · tl magde-kuwatro (place one leg over the other) · uk схре́щувати но́ги (place one leg over the other) · ko 다리를 꼬다 (place one leg over the other) · it incrociare le gambe (place one leg over the other)