Sekirov Dictionary

cross

/kɹɒs/

verb 21
noun 24
adjective 7
preposition 2
forms 10
phrases 16

verb21

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to go over or through something, such as a road or a river, to get to the other side
- Why did the chicken cross the road?
- You need to cross the street at the lights.
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To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- She frowned and crossed her arms.
To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.( Crossed letter on WikipediaWikipedia )
To move relatively.
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To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
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To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten Esq. Your kind letter crossed mine.
Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
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To mark with an X.
- Cross the box which applies to you.
To oppose.
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To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- "You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
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To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
- He crossed the ball into the penalty area.
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To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
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[with oneself] To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- Again Beatrice crossed herself and sighed heavily as she bent over the dead insect. — 1846
To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
To make or form a cross.
To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
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To score a try.
- England cut loose at the end of the half, Ashton, Mark Cueto and Mike Tindall all crossing before the break. — 2011
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To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- The English practice of crossing checks so that payment may be made to the bank account or to order is prevalent. — 1924
(slang, no longer used) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
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(no longer used) To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
- to cross me from the golden time I look for — 1591

noun24

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A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
- Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
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Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
- She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
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A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
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A hybrid of any kind.
- Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler — 1856
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A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. — 2010
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(figurative) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- It's a cross I must bear.
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A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
- She made the cross after swearing.
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The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A quick cross of the road.
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
A line across or through another line.
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
One element of a hybrid species or type.
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
(slang) Crossfire.
An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
(no longer used) A betrayal; dishonest practices, especially deliberately losing a sporting contest.
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(no longer used) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse. — 1598
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(Ireland, no longer used) Church lands.
- the church-lands lying within the same, which were called the Cross — 1612

adjective7

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Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
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(UK) (of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.
- They exchanged a few cross words.
- She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
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Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
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Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
- As my father remarked to me when I stole on deck to view the state of affairs, the sea was a "cross one," and very difficult to steer against. — 1887
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(no longer used) Opposite, opposed to.
- His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
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(no longer used) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences. — 2001
(no longer used) Dishonest.

preposition2

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The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
- The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
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(no longer used) Across.
- She walked cross the mountains.

forms

cross'd · crossed · crosst · crost · crossedst · crossing · crosses · crosseth · crosser · crossest

Phrases with cross

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