cross

Definitions of cross in various dictionaries:

noun - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

noun - a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

noun - a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified

noun - any affliction that causes great suffering

noun - (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock

noun - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

verb - travel across or pass over

verb - meet at a point

verb - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

verb - fold so as to resemble a cross

verb - to cover or extend over an area or time period

verb - meet and pass

verb - trace a line through or across

verb - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

adj - extending or lying across

adj - annoyed and irritable

An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.

Often Cross.

A symbolic representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified.

A crucifix.

A sign made by tracing the outline of a cross with the right hand upon the forehead and chest as a devotional act.

A trial, affliction, or frustration.

A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of an upright post with a transverse piece near the top of it, or a modification thereto.

A mark or pattern formed by the intersection of two lines, especially such a mark (X) used as a signature.

A pipe fitting with four branches in upright and transverse form, used as a junction for intersecting pipes.

Biology.

A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid.

The process of crossbreeding; hybridization.

One that combines the qualities of two other things: a novel that is a cross between romance and satire.

A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged.

To go or extend across; pass from one side of to the other: crossed the room to greet us; a bridge that crosses the bay.

To carry or conduct across something: crossed the horses at the ford.

To extend or pass through or over; intersect: Elm Street crosses Oak Street.

To delete or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through: crossed tasks off her list as she did them.

To make or put a line across: Cross your t’s.

To place crosswise one over the other: cross one’s legs.

To make the sign of the cross upon or over as a sign of devotion.

To encounter in passing: His path crossed mine.

Informal.

To interfere with; thwart or obstruct: Don’t cross me.

To ruin completely.

To crossbreed or cross-fertilize (plants or animals).

To lie or pass across each other; intersect.

To move or extend from one side to another: crossed through Canada en route to Alaska.

To make a crossing: crossed into Germany from Switzerland.

To change from one condition or loyalty to another.

To meet in or as if in passing: Our letters must have crossed in the mail.

To crossbreed or cross-fertilize.

Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting: a cross street.

Contrary or counter; opposing.

Showing ill humor; annoyed.

Involving interchange; reciprocal.

Crosswise.

adj - ill-tempered

CROSS - A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically a...