across
preposition
1 preposition to other side oftrasna prep thar prep they travel back and forth across the border bíonn siad anonn agus anall thar an teorainnthey fled across the mountains theith siad thar na sléibhtehis pen travelled quickly across the page bhog a pheann go tapa trasna an leathanaighwe went across the river chuamar trasna na habhannhe brought his soldiers across the sea with him thug sé a chuid saighdiúirí trasna na farraige leis, thug sé a chuid saighdiúirí thar farraige leisshe ran across the street rith sí trasna na sráidewe were throwing water across the yard at each other bhíomar ag caitheamh uisce trasna an chlóis ar a chéilehe hitched all across Europe thaistil sé ar fud na hEorpa ar an ordógthey rowed all the way across the Atlantic rámhaigh siad an tslí ar fad trasna an Atlantaighshe jumped right across the gap léim sí cruinn díreach trasna na bearnathe path leads across the garden téann an cosán trasna an ghairdín 2 preposition coveringtrasna prep thar prep ar fud her makeup was smeared across her face bhí a smideadh smeartha ar fud a haghaidheit spread right across the floor leath sé ar fud an urláirpaint was splashed across the wall bhí péint steallta trasna ar an mballaShow full entry
3 preposition of look, shout, etctrasna their eyes met across the hall tháinig a súile le chéile ó dhá thaobh an hallathey were goading each other across the field bhí siad ag piocadh ar a chéile gach aon taobh den pháircyou could see across the lake bhí radharc ar an taobh thall den loch, d'fhéadfá taobh eile an locha a fheiceáilshe shouted across the room at him bhéic sí trasna an tseomra airshe turned and faced across the street chas sí agus d'fhéach trasna na sráidehe winked across the table at her sméid sé trasna an bhoird uirthihe gazed across the valley d'fhéach sé trasna an ghleanna 4 preposition of extent, reach, etctrasna prep thar prep my coat was thrown across the chair bhí mo chóta caite ar an gcathaoirit left a mark right across his face d'fhág sé marc díreach trasna a aghaidhethere's a bridge across the stream tá droichead thar an sruthán, tá droichead trasna an tsrutháin 5 preposition in many placesar fud mórthimpeall they have offices right across the country tá oifigí acu ar fud na tíre, tá oifigí acu mórthimpeall na tírepubs are closing across Ireland tá pubanna ag dúnadh ar fud na hÉireannit's popular all across the world tá móréileamh air ar fud na cruinne go léir 6 preposition of range, spectrum, etcchildren, across all ages, like it is maith le leanaí de gach aois éthey're making improvements across all areas of the curriculum tá feabhsuithe á ndéanamh acu i ngach réimse den churaclam 7 preposition of period, years, etcsíos trí thar prep techniques have improved across the ages tá teicnící tar éis feabhsú go mór síos trí na blianta, tá teicnící feabhsaithe go mór in imeacht na mblianta 8 preposition on opposite side oftrasna ar an taobh thall deshe lives across the road cónaíonn sí trasna an bhóthairthe person across the room was Pádraig Pádraig an duine a bhí ar an taobh thall den seomra 9 preposition with measurementit's one and a half metres across the base tá an bonn méadar go leith ar leithead, tá an bonn méadar go leith trasna 10 preposition knowledgeable aboutI'm not fully across my brief yet ní mé eolach i gceart ar mo chuid cúraimí go fóillwe'll call you when we're across the report cuirfimid scairt ort nuair a thuigimid an tuairisc i gceart
adverb
11 adverb to other sidetrasna anonn sall we walked across to the well shiúlamar anonn go dtí an tobar, shiúlamar sall go dtí an tobarthey went across to Scotland looking for work chuaigh siad anonn go hAlbain ar thóir oibreshe went across to the far side of the room chuaigh sí anonn go dtí an taobh eile den seomrahe moved across into management last year bhog sé trasna go dtí an bhainistíocht anuraidhshe ran across from the shop rith sí trasna ón siopa, rith sí anall ón siopa 12 adverb towards the other sidetrasna anonn sall he looked across and saw it d'fhéach sé anonn agus chonaic sé éone of them called across to us bhéic duine acu trasna chugainn, bhéic duine acu sall chugainnshe stared across at him stán sí trasna airhe pointed right across at us dhírigh sé a mhéar díreach trasna orainn 13 adverb coveringtrasna there's a blanket draped across from the door tá blaincéad crochta trasna ón dorasthey made a shelter of branches draped across with a shawl rinne siad scáthlán de chraobhóga agus seál crochta trasna orthu 14 adverb opposite, on other sidehe sat across from me shuigh sé os mo chomhair, shuigh sé ar m'aghaidh amachit's right across from the beach tá sé díreach os coinne na trá, tá sé díreach ar aghaidh na trá amachI'm building one across from my house tá ceann á thógáil trasna ó mo theach agam, tá ceann á thógáil os comhair mo thí agamthings were easier across in Britain bhí rudaí níos fusa thall sa Bhreatain 15 adverb of measurementar leithead trasna it measures three metres across tá sé trí mhéadar ar leitheadit was ten feet across bhí sé deich dtroithe trasna, bhí sé deich dtroithe ó thaobh go taobhadjective
16 adjective in crosswordsI do the across clues first déanaim na leideanna trasna ar dtúsdo you know what 14 across is? an bhfuil a fhios agat cad é 14 trasna?