n.
1) to cross a ~
2) to name; number ~s
3) a bustling, busy; congested; crowded; deserted, lonely; quiet ~
4) a back; broad, wide; cross; dead-end; high ( BE ), main ( AE ); narrow; one-way; through; winding ~
5) in ( esp. BE ), on ( esp. AE ) the ~ (the children were playing in/on the ~)
6) ( BE ) in the high ~
7) ( AE ) on (the) main ~