To cut across something.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
A crosscut saw.
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To sieve or strain (something).
[+object] (archaic or old-fashioned) To scrutinise (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth.
[+ through (object)] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.