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
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to cover or extend over an area or time period
verb -
meet and pass
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trace a line through or across
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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