"cross the Thames" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crosses the Thames [present, singular, third-person], crossing the Thames [participle, present], crossed the Thames [participle, past], crossed the Thames [past]
Etymology: Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cross the Thames (third-person singular simple present crosses the Thames, present participle crossing the Thames, simple past and past participle crossed the Thames)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of swim the Thames Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: swim the Thames Categories (topical): Anglicanism Related terms: cross the Bosphorus (english: convert to Eastern Orthodoxy), cross the Forth (english: convert to Presbyterianism), cross the Rhine (english: convert to Lutheranism), cross the Tiber (english: convert to Roman Catholicism)
    Sense id: en-cross_the_Thames-en-verb-quRQUj2H Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, the, Thames.
    Sense id: en-cross_the_Thames-en-verb-sUXbbjtH

Inflected forms

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