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Definition of 'cross'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cross
a figure or object consisting of two lines or pieces intersecting usu. at right angles.

2.  cross
a wooden structure consisting of an upright and a transverse piece, upon which persons were formerly put to death.

3.  cross
a mark, usu. an

4.  cross
the Cross, the cross upon which Jesus died.

5.  cross
a figure of the Cross as a Christian emblem, badge, etc.

6.  cross
a sign made with the hand outlining the figure of a cross as an act of devotion.

7.  cross
a structure or monument in the form of a cross, set up for prayer, as a memorial, etc.

8.  cross
a conventional representation or modification of the Christian emblem used as a symbol or ornament:
Maltese cross.

9.  cross
Christianity or Christendom.

10.  cross
an opposition; thwarting.

11.  cross
an affliction; misfortune; trouble.

12.  cross
a crossing of animals or plants; a mixing of breeds.

13.  cross
an animal, plant, breed, etc., produced by crossing; crossbreed.

14.  cross
a person or thing that is intermediate in character between two others.

15.  cross
a boxing punch thrown across and over the lead of an opponent.

16.  cross
a cross-examination.

17.  cross
a movement from one place or side to another; a crossing, as by an actor on stage.

18.  cross
a place of crossing.

19.  cross
a four-way plumbing joint or connection.

20.  cross
(cap.)

21. (v.t.) cross
to move or extend from one side to the other side of (a street, river, etc.).

22.  cross
to put or draw a line across.

23.  cross
to cancel by marking with a cross or drawing a line through (often fol. by off or out).

24.  cross
to lie or pass across; intersect.

25.  cross
to place across each other or crosswise:
to cross one's legs.

26.  cross
to meet and pass.

27.  cross
to assist (a person) across a street or intersection.

28.  cross
to cause (members of different genera, species, breeds, varieties, or the like) to interbreed.

29.  cross
to oppose openly; thwart.

30.  cross
Slang. to betray; double-cross.

31.  cross
to make the sign of the cross upon or over:
to cross oneself.

32. (v.i.) cross
to lie or be athwart; intersect.

33.  cross
to move, pass, or extend from one side or place to another.

34.  cross
to meet and pass.

35.  cross
to interbreed.

36.  cross
cross over,

37.  cross
(of a chromosome segment) to undergo crossing over.

38.  cross
to switch allegiance, as from one political party to another.

39.  cross
to change successfully from one field of endeavor, genre, etc., to another.

40.  cross
cross up,

41.  cross
to deceive; double-cross.

42.  cross
to confuse.

43. (adj.) cross
angry and annoyed; ill-humored.

44.  cross
lying crosswise; transverse.

45.  cross
involving a reciprocal action or interchange (often used in combination):
cross-marketing of related services.

46.  cross
contrary; opposite.

47.  cross
crossbred; hybrid.

48.  cross
to engage in combat; fight.

49.  cross
to disagree violently; argue.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, late OE cros < ON kross < OIr cros (< British Celtic) < L crux; see crux)

Definition of 'cross'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cross
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

2. (noun) crisscross, cross, mark
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

3. (noun) Cross
a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

4. (noun) cross, crown of thorns
any affliction that causes great suffering
"that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

5. (noun) hybrid, crossbreed, cross
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

6. (adj) hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

7. (adj) cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise
extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
"cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"

8. (verb) crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
annoyed and irritable

9. (verb) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

10. (verb) intersect, cross
meet at a point

11. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

12. (verb) cross
fold so as to resemble a cross
"she crossed her legs"

13. (verb) cross, traverse, span, sweep
to cover or extend over an area or time period
"Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"

14. (verb) cross
meet and pass
"the trains crossed"

15. (verb) cross
trace a line through or across
"cross your `t'"

16. (verb) crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

Definition of 'cross'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) cross
to move across
no way to cross the river; He came to the corner and started to cross.

2.  cross
(of lines, roads, paths) to go across each other; = intersect
the intersection where the roads cross

3.  cross
(of an expression) to appear on sb's face for a moment
A look of fear crossed her face.

4.  cross
(of legs) to put one over the other while sitting
He crossed his legs.

5.  cross
(of arms) to fold across the front of your body
She crossed her arms.

6.  cross
cross a/the line
to behave in a way that is beyond what is acceptable
She crossed the line when she took money without asking.

7.  cross
cross sb's mind
to have as a thought
It didn't even cross my mind that he might be lying.

8. (noun) cross
a wooden post with a cross piece, or a representation of this as a symbol of Christianity
He wore a gold cross on a chain.

9.  cross
sth that combines the characteristics of two different things
The bike is a cross between a road bike and a mountain bike.

10.  cross
an 'X'
Put a tick or cross in the box.

11. (adjective) cross
annoyed

Definition of 'cross'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) cross
not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting

2. (adj) cross
not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse

3. (adj) cross
characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman

4. (adj) cross
made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other

5. (noun) cross
a gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals

6. (noun) cross
the sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom

7. (noun) cross
affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune

8. (noun) cross
a piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general

9. (noun) cross
an appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it

10. (noun) cross
a monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London

11. (noun) cross
a common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above

12. (noun) cross
the crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write

13. (noun) cross
church lands

14. (noun) cross
a line drawn across or through another line

15. (noun) cross
a mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind

16. (noun) cross
an instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course

17. (noun) cross
a pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle

18. cross
athwart; across

19. (verb) cross
to put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms

20. (verb) cross
to lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t

21. (verb) cross
to pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream

22. (verb) cross
to pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time

23. (verb) cross
to run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with

24. (verb) cross
to interfere and cut off; to debar

25. (verb) cross
to make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself

26. (verb) cross
to cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name

27. (verb) cross
to cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of

28. (verb) cross
to lie or be athwart

29. (verb) cross
to move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool

30. (verb) cross
to be inconsistent

31. (verb) cross
to interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds

Definition of 'cross'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. cross
(a) A contact between two electric conductors; qualified to express conditions as a weather cross, due to rain, a swinging cross when a wire swings against another, etc.

(b) vb. To make such contact.

Translation of 'cross'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: angry I get very cross when I lose something.
Afrikaans: kwaad, boos	Arabic: غاضِب	Bulgarian: ядосан
Brazilian: furioso	Czech: podrážděný, rozmrzelý	German: ärgerlich
Danish: sur; gnaven	Greek: θυμωμένος	Spanish: enfadado, cabreado, enoja
Estonian: pahane	Farsi: خشمگین؛ عصبانی	Finnish: vihainen
French: fâché	Hebrew: כּוֹעֵס	Hindi: गुस्सा
Croatian: ljut	Hungarian: ingerült	Indonesian: marah
Icelandic: reiður	Italian: adirato	Japanese: 不きげんな
Korean: 시무룩한	Lithuanian: piktas	Latvian: dusmīgs; pikts
Malay: angry	Dutch: boos	Norwegian: tverr, sur, gretten
Polish: zły	Persian: خشمگین؛ عصبانی	Pashto: غصه ، عصبانی
Portuguese: zangado	Romanian: supărat	Russian: сердитый
Slovak: mrzutý	Slovenian: jezen	Serbian: ljut
Swedish: arg	Thai: ฉุนเฉียว	Turkish: kızgın; dargın
Taiwanese: 發怒的	Ukrainian: роздратований, сердитий	Urdu: ناراض، غص‍ہ
Vietnamese: tức giận	Chinese: 易怒的
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