cross (krôs, kr s)n. 1. a. An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times. b. often Cross The upright post with a transverse piece upon which Jesus was crucified. c. A crucifix. d. Any of various modifications of the cross design, such as a Latin cross or Maltese cross. e. A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of a cross. 2. The Christian religion; Christianity. 3. In Christianity, a sign made by tracing the outline of a cross with the right hand upon the forehead and chest as a devotional act. 4. A trial, affliction, or frustration. See Synonyms at burden1. 5. A mark or pattern formed by the intersection of two lines, especially such a mark (X) used as a signature. 6. A movement from one place to another, as on a stage; a crossing. 7. A pipe fitting with four branches in upright and transverse form, used as a junction for intersecting pipes. 8. Biology a. A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid. b. The process of crossbreeding; hybridization. 9. One that combines the qualities of two other things: a novel that is a cross between romance and satire. 10. Sports A hook thrown over an opponent's punch in boxing. 11. Law An act or instance of cross-examining; a cross-examination. 12. The Southern Cross. 13. Slang A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged. v. crossed, cross·ing, cross·es v.tr. 1. 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. 2. To carry or conduct across something: crossed the horses at the ford. 3. To extend or pass through or over; intersect: Elm Street crosses Oak Street. 4. a. To delete or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through: crossed tasks off her list as she did them. b. To make or put a line across: Cross your t's. 5. To place crosswise one over the other: cross one's legs. 6. To make the sign of the cross upon or over as a sign of devotion. 7. To encounter in passing: His path crossed mine. 8. To combine the qualities of two things: a movie that crosses horror with humor. 9. Informal To interfere with; thwart or obstruct: Don't cross me. 10. To betray or deceive; double-cross. Often used with up. 11. Biology To crossbreed or cross-fertilize (plants or animals). v.intr. 1. To lie or pass across each other; intersect. 2. a. To move or extend from one side to another: crossed through Canada en route to Alaska. b. To make a crossing: crossed into Germany from Switzerland. 3. To meet in passing; come into conjunction: Their paths crossed at the health club. 4. To move or be conveyed in opposite directions at the same time: Our letters must have crossed in the mail. 5. Biology To crossbreed or cross-fertilize. adj. 1. Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting: a cross street. 2. Contrary or counter; opposing. 3. Showing ill humor; annoyed. 4. Involving interchange; reciprocal. 5. Crossbred; hybrid. adv. Crosswise. prep. Phrasal Verbs: Across. cross over 1. To change from one condition or loyalty to another. 2. Genetics To exchange genetic material. Used of homologous chromosomes. cross up Idioms: To ruin completely: Their lack of cooperation crossed up the whole project. cross (one's) mind To come to know; realize: It crossed my mind that you might want to leave early. cross (someone's) palm To pay, tip, or bribe. cross swords To quarrel or fight. [Middle English cros, from Old English, probably from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux.] cross  er n.cross ly adv.cross ness n. |   top: Maltese and St. Andrew's center: patriarchal, Greek, and tau bottom: Latin, Calvary, and Celtic |
cross
Verb
1. to move or go across (something): she crossed the street to the gallery
2. to meet and pass: further south, the way is crossed by Brewer Street
3. Brit & NZ to draw two parallel lines across (a cheque) and so make it payable only into a bank account
4. to mark with a cross or crosses
5. to cancel or delete with a cross or with lines: she crossed out the first three words
6. to place across or crosswise: he sat down and crossed his legs
7. to make the sign of the cross upon as a blessing
8. to annoy or anger someone by challenging or opposing their wishes and plans
9. to interbreed or cross-fertilize
10. Football to pass (the ball) from a wing to the middle of the field
11. (of each of two letters in the post) to be sent before the other is received
12. (of telephone lines) to interfere with each other so that several callers are connected together at one time
13. cross one's fingers to fold one finger across another in the hope of bringing good luck
14. cross one's heart to promise by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
15. cross one's mind to occur to one briefly or suddenly
Noun
1. a structure, symbol, or mark consisting of two intersecting lines
2. an upright post with a bar across it, used in ancient times as a means of execution
3. a representation of the Cross on which Jesus Christ was executed as an emblem of Christianity
4. a symbol (×) used as a signature or error mark
5. the sign of the cross a sign made with the hand by some Christians to represent the Cross
6. a medal or monument in the shape of a cross
7. the place in a town or village where a cross has been set up
8. Biol
a. the process of crossing; hybridization
b. a hybrid
9. a mixture of two things
10. a hindrance or misfortune: we've all got our own cross to bear
11. Football a pass of the ball from a wing to the middle of the field
Adjective
1. angry
2. lying or placed across: a cross beam [Latin crux]
crossly adv
crossness n
crossness n
Cross
Noun
the Cross
a. the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified
b. Christianity
| cross (krôs) Noun A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid. Verb To crossbreed or cross-fertilize plants or animals. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cross - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piecestructure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| 2. |  cross - a marking that consists of lines that cross each othermarking - a pattern of marks | |
| 3. | Cross - a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry Calvary cross, cross of Calvary - a Latin cross set on three steps Celtic cross - a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection emblem - special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. Greek cross - a cross with each of the four arms the same length Jerusalem cross - a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar Latin cross - a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others cross of Lorraine, Lorraine cross - a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper Maltese cross - a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center papal cross - a cross with three crossbars patriarchal cross - a cross with two crossbars saltire, St. Andrew's cross - a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length St. Anthony's cross, tau cross - cross resembling the Greek letter tau | |
| 4. | cross - any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | |
| 5. |  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"organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently dihybrid - a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each monohybrid - a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | |
| 6. |  cross - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybridsmating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype test-cross, testcross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | |
| Verb | 1. |  cross - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods" walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" crisscross - cross in a pattern, often random ford - cross a river where it's shallow bridge - cross over on a bridge jaywalk - cross the road at a red light go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic" hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| 2. | cross - meet at a point cross - meet and pass; "the trains crossed" encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" | |
| 3. | cross - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings" ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" double cross - betray by double-dealing | |
| 4. | cross - fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs" fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" uncross - change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" | |
| 5. |  cross - 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" | |
| 6. | cross - meet and pass; "the trains crossed" decussate - cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate" | |
| 7. | cross - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'" write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" | |
| 8. | cross - 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" breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" backcross - mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | |
| Adj. | 1. |  cross - 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"crosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" |
| 2. | cross - annoyed and irritable ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
cross
verb 4. oppose, interfere with, hinder, obstruct, deny, block, resist, frustrate, foil, thwart, impede
noun 6. crucifix,
noun 7. trouble, worry, trial, load, burden, grief, misery, woe, misfortune, affliction, tribulation
noun 9. crossbreed, hybrid
adjective 10. angry, impatient, irritable, annoyed, put out, hacked (off) (informal) crusty, snappy, grumpy, vexed, sullen, surly, fractious, petulant, disagreeable, short, churlish, peeved (informal) ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty Brit., N.Z. (informal) tooshie Austral. (slang) testy, fretful, waspish, in a bad mood, grouchy (informal) querulous, shirty (slang), chiefly Brit. peevish, splenetic, crotchety (informal) snappish, ill-humoured, captious, pettish, out of humour, hoha N.Z. << OPPOSITE good-humoured
cross something out or off strike off or out, eliminate, cancel, delete, blue-pencil, score off or out
Translations
cross [krɔs] n → cruz f
vi the boat crosses from Santander to Plymouth → el barco hace la travesía de Santander a Plymouth adj → de mal humor, enojado;
it's a cross between geography and sociology → es una mezcla de geografía y sociología;
to cross o.s. → santiguarse;
they've got their lines crossed (fig) → hay un malentendido entre ellos;
cross out vt → tachar
cross over vi → cruzar
cross [krɔs] n → croix f;
(Biol) → croisement m
vt [+ street etc] → traverser [+ arms, legs], (Biol) → croiser [+ cheque]; barrer (= thwart) [+ person, plan] → contrarier
vi the boat crosses from ... to ... → le bateau fait la traversée de ... à ... adj → en colère, fâché(e);
we have a crossed line (Brit) (on telephone) → il y a des interférences;
they've got their lines crossed (fig) → il y a un malentendu entre eux;
cross over vi → traverser
cross [krɔs] n → Kreuz nt;
(Biol, Bot) → Kreuzung f
vt (street) → überqueren;
(room etc) → durchqueren;
(cheque) → zur Verrechnung ausstellen;
(arms) → verschränken;
(legs) → übereinanderschlagen;
(animal, plant) → kreuzen;
(thwart) (person) → verärgern: (plan) → durchkreuzen
to cross o.s. → sich bekreuzigen;
they've got their lines or wires crossed (fig) → sie reden aneinander vorbei;
cross out cross vt → streichen
cross over cross vi → hinübergehen
cross [krɔs] n → croce f;
(BIOL) → incrocio
vt [+ street etc] → attraversare [+ arms, legs], (BIOL) → incrociare [+ cheque]; sbarrare (= thwart) [+ person, plan] → contrastare, ostacolare
vi the boat crosses from ... to ... → la barca fa la traversata da ... a ... adj → di cattivo umore;
we have a crossed line (BRIT) (on telephone) → c'è un'interferenza;
they've got their lines crossed (fig) → si sono fraintesi;
to be/get cross with sb (about sth) → essere arrabbiato/a/arrabbiarsi con qn (per qc)
cross out vt → cancellare
cross over vi → attraversare
adj cross [kros]
angry I get very cross when I lose something. kwaad, boos غاضِب ядосан podrážděný, rozmrzelý sur; gnaven ärgerlich θυμωμένος enfadado, cabreado, enojado, malhumorado pahane خشمگین؛ عصبانی kiukkuinen fâché כּוֹעֵס गुस्सा ljut ingerült marah reiður adirato 不きげんな 화가 난 piktas dusmīgs; pikts angry boos tverr, sur, gretten zły zangado supărat сердитый mrzutý jezen ljut arg ฉุนเฉียว kızgın; dargın 發怒的 роздратований, сердитий ناراض، غصہ tức giận 发怒的
adv crossly
kwaad, boos, kwaai, nors بِغَضَـب сърдито podrážděně, nazlobeně surt; gnavent ärgerlich θυμωμένα mal humor con, enojadamente pahaselt با دلخوری kiukkuisesti avec (mauvaise) humeur בְּכָּעַס गुस्से में ljuto rosszkedvűen dengan marah reiðilega malamente すねて 화나서 piktai dusmīgi dengan marah boos surt, grettent ze złością irritadamente supărat сердито mrzuto jezno ljutito argt อย่างฉุนเฉียว kızgın kızgın, dargın bir şekilde 易怒地 роздратовано, сердито ناراضگی سے một cách cáu kỉnh 易怒地
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