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Cross   /krɔs/   Listen
Cross

noun
1.
A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece.
2.
A marking that consists of lines that cross each other.  Synonyms: crisscross, mark.
3.
A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry.
4.
Any affliction that causes great suffering.  Synonym: crown of thorns.  "He bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
5.
(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.  Synonyms: crossbreed, hybrid.
6.
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.  Synonyms: crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding.
verb
(past & past part. crossed; pres. part. crossing)
1.
Travel across or pass over.  Synonyms: cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse.
2.
Meet at a point.  Synonym: intersect.
3.
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.  Synonyms: baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart.  "Foil your opponent"
4.
Fold so as to resemble a cross.  Antonym: uncross.
5.
To cover or extend over an area or time period.  Synonyms: span, sweep, traverse.  "The parking lot spans 3 acres" , "The novel spans three centuries"
6.
Meet and pass.
7.
Trace a line through or across.
8.
Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.  Synonyms: crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed.  "Mendel tried crossbreeding" , "These species do not interbreed"
adjective
1.
Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.  Synonyms: thwartwise, transversal, transverse.  "From the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully" , "Transversal vibrations" , "Transverse colon"
2.
Annoyed and irritable.  Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered.



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"Cross" Quotes from Famous Books



... A record. As I was saying, the brown-haired child, he took to drink. It is most painful. Died in a madhouse. My uncle, head of the family, reeled beneath the stigma—reeled. Vowed from that day that he would never let a brown-haired person cross his threshold." ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
... from the audience at the Golden Cross, he found his two best singers in so pitiable a condition that he was obliged to summon the Emperor's leech, ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... his exploit on the Irish coast was still manifested. He then began a series of experiments down the Thames and in the waters in the vicinity of London. The London papers were teeming with accounts of him and his adventures. About this time he formed the resolution to cross the channel from England to France and was busying himself in preparations. One morning he was surprised to receive an order from Osborne to appear before the Queen. Paul's friends assured him that this was a great ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton
... got in many a fight. And his voice, like the thunder, was deep, strong, and loud, And his eye flashed like lightning from under a cloud,— And there wasn't a girl from thirty-five under, Sorra matter how cross, but he could come round her; But of all whom he smiled on so sweetly, but one Was the girl of his heart, and he loved her alone. As warm as the sun, as the rock firm and sure, Was the love of the heart of young Phadrig Crohoore. ...
— Successful Recitations • Various
... me that you are a friend of the family, Mrs. Holymead. What is it that I can do for you? I need scarcely say, Mrs. Holymead, that your distinguished husband is well known to us all. I have had the pleasure of being cross-examined by him on several occasions. Anything you wish to know I'll be pleased to tell you, if it ...
— The Hampstead Mystery • John R. Watson


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