cross-legged
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3.3
- adverb
- /ˈkrɔsˌlɛɡɪd/
:
sentado con las piernas cruzadas
- The children sat cross-legged on the mat during story time.
- sit cross-legged
She sat cross legged in front of the fireplace with books and papers piled around her.
- She sat cross legged in front of the fireplace with books and papers piled around her.
- What we find is she she goes and sat and sat down beside Ogian's pellet, cross legged on the floor.
Examples
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I sat down cross-legged in the lee of a concrete wall and waited for the sun.
Academic text (2007) -
Matt sat up, too, and turned to sit cross-legged, facing him.
Fiction book (1996) -
Okay, all the parents, come down and sit cross-legged next to your child, and we're going to do this.
Academic text (2009) -
A figure can be seen sitting cross-legged in front of the door.
Fiction book (1991) -
A man was sitting cross-legged by the side of the path, reading from a holy book.
Fiction book (1992) -
Little Barn sat cross-legged on the living room floor, three feet from the TV.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yet here she sat, cross-legged in her bed with an alarm clock in her lap.
Fiction book (1992) -
If seated on a bed, for example, students can sit in a more relaxed, cross-legged position if they like.
Academic text (2002) -
Hakim entered the chapel and sat cross-legged near the entrance.
Academic text (2010) -
She sat cross legged in front of the fireplace with books and papers piled around her.
How Cross-Legged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cross-legged comes from the parts cross, meaning 'across' or 'to make an X', and leg, meaning 'leg'. So imagine your legs making an X as you sit with one leg over the other, which is exactly what 'cross-legged' means.