Meanings
present singular third person crosses one's legs · participle present crossing one's legs · participle past crossed one's legs · past crossed one's legs
- intransitiveTo 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
Translations
French croiser les jambes
- croiser les jambesplace one leg over the other
German die Beine übereinanderschlagen
- die Beine übereinanderschlagenplace one leg over the other
Italian accavallare le gambe, incrociare le gambe
- accavallare le gambeplace one leg over the other
- incrociare le gambeplace one leg over the other
Japanese 足を組む
- 足を組む (ashi o kumu)place one leg over the other
Korean 다리를 꼬다
- 다리를 꼬다 (dari-reul kkoda)place one leg over the other
Spanish cruzar las piernas
- cruzar las piernasplace one leg over the other
Tagalog magde-kuwatro
- magde-kuwatroplace one leg over the other
Ukrainian схре́щувати но́ги, схрести́ти но́ги
- схре́щувати но́ги (sxréščuvaty nóhy)place one leg over the other
- схрести́ти но́ги (sxrestýty nóhy)place one leg over the other
Cite this entry
cross one's legs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20one's%20legs
“cross one's legs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20one's%20legs. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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