"cross one's arms" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crosses one's arms",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossing one's arms",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed one's arms",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed one's arms",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "cross one's arms (third-person singular simple present crosses one's arms, present participle crossing one's arms, simple past and past participle crossed one's arms)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Crossing your arms during an argument will most likely be interpreted as a sign of anger or defensiveness.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To link one's arms together across one's chest."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross_one's_arms-en-verb-Q9ekkfRP",
      "links": [
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To link one's arms together across one's chest."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cross-armed"
        },
        {
          "word": "cross one's legs"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fold one's arms"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāochā shuāngbì",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "交叉双臂"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "ristiä käsivartensa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "laittaa kädet puuhkaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "se croiser les bras"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "die Arme verschränken"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "word": "incrociare le braccia"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skrestítʹ rúki",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "скрести́ть ру́ки"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sxréščuvaty rúky",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "схре́щувати ру́ки"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sxrestýty rúky",
          "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схрести́ти ру́ки"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross one's arms"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crosses one's arms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossing one's arms",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed one's arms",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed one's arms",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cross-armed"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross one's legs"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Crossing your arms during an argument will most likely be interpreted as a sign of anger or defensiveness.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To link one's arms together across one's chest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To link one's arms together across one's chest."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fold one's arms"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāochā shuāngbì",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "交叉双臂"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "ristiä käsivartensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "laittaa kädet puuhkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "se croiser les bras"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "die Arme verschränken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "word": "incrociare le braccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrestítʹ rúki",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрести́ть ру́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxréščuvaty rúky",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "схре́щувати ру́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxrestýty rúky",
      "sense": "link one's arms together across one's chest",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схрести́ти ру́ки"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross one's arms"
}