поперёк — meaning in English

English meaning

• across prep From one side of something to the other.
• athwart adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
• crosswise adv transversely; so as to lie across

Senses

поперёк is used for these senses in English:

• across (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
• across From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
• across At or near the far end of (a space).
• athwart From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
• crosswise transversely; so as to lie across

across — full definition

1. prep From one side of something to the other.
2. prep On the opposite side of.
3. adv From one side to the other; to the opposite side.

athwart — full definition

1. adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
2. adv Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
3. adv Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.

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