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| 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 other marking - 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 testcross, test-cross - 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 |