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uncross

vb. To move something from a crossed position; used especially of the legs

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uncross

v. change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" [ant: cross]

Usage examples of "uncross".

I will give you a written guaranty that the automaton shall cross and uncross its legs, smoke cigars, adjust its eye-glass, incline its head, open and close its eyes, wink and talk--speak two or three words.

But there were also roads in the district of the Upper Parana, which I myself remember as a wilderness, uncrossed, uncrossable, where tigers roamed about and Indians shot at the rare traveller with poisoned arrows out of a blow-pipe, whilst they remained unseen in the recesses of the woods.

Minogue uncrossed his legs and brushed lightly across his nose with his fingers.

He uncrossed his arms and threaded his fingers through his hair, obviously frustrated by her contradictory information.

She might start by pulling the tight skirt down over her knees, unpointing her slender shoes, uncrossing the elegantly posed legs, if she wanted any serious talk.

He seated himself, crossing and then uncrossing his legs, shifting in the impossibly uncomfortable chair.

The only empty seats are in the meeting's back row 'Denial Aisle,' the back rows are usually called and Joelle is surrounded by catexic newcomers crossing and uncrossing their legs every few seconds and sniffing compulsively and looking like they're wearing everything they own.

He was very secretive: said his name was Robinson, and asked me to pay him in uncrossed money orders, and to send them to a post office for him to collect”.

He did this by bouncing in his seat and simultaneously tapping out an abbreviated foot-routine without bothering to uncross his legs.

From the way she uncrosses her legs and deliberately evades his gaze while keeping a ghost of a smile on her lips, he guesses that she has divined his feelings all too accurately.

Instead, he uncrosses his legs and rocks forward onto his knees and takes Stone in his arms.