Definition of Cross

Verb: cross  krós

1. Travel across or pass over
   "The caravan crossed almost 100 miles each day";
   - traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
    
2. Meet at a point
   "The roads cross under the bridge";
   - intersect
    
3. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   "cross your opponent";
   - thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk
    
4. Fold so as to resemble a cross
   "she crossed her legs"
    
5. To cover or extend over an area or time period
   "Rivers cross the valley floor";
   - traverse, span, sweep
    
6. Meet and pass
   "the trains crossed"
    
7. Trace a line through or across
   "cross your 't'"
    
8. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
   "cross a horse and a donkey";
   - crossbreed, hybridize, hybridise [Brit], interbreed

Adjective: cross (crosser,crossest)  krós

1. Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
   "cross members should be all steel";
   - transverse, transversal, thwartwise
    
2. Annoyed and irritable
   "The cross little girls of today are the crabby old women of tomorrow!";
   - crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, arsey [Brit]

Noun: cross  krós

1. A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
    
2. A marking that consists of lines that cross each other
   - crisscross, mark
    
3. Any affliction that causes great suffering
   "that is his cross to bear";
   - crown of thorns
    
4. (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";
   - hybrid, crossbreed
    
5. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
   - hybridization, hybridisation [Brit], crossbreeding, crossing, interbreeding, hybridizing, hybridising [Brit]
    
6. (soccer) a kick in which the ball passes from one side of the pitch towards the centre

Noun: Cross  krós

1. A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

See also:
crosiers
crossabilities

Anagrams containing the word cross

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