cross

Meaning of cross

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
  3. 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.
  4. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
  5. A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
    She made the cross after swearing.
  6. A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
    She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
  7. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
    It's a cross I must bear.
  8. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
    A quick cross of the road.
  9. An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
  10. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
  11. A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
  12. A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
  13. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
  14. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
  15. 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.
  16. Church lands.
  17. A line drawn across or through another line.
  18. An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
  19. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
  20. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
  21. The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
  22. Crossfire.
verb
  1. To make or form a cross.
  2. To move relatively.
  3. (social) To oppose.
  4. To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
    They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
  5. 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.
adjective
  1. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
    At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
  2. Opposite, opposed to.
    His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
  3. Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
  4. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
    Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
  5. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
    cross interrogatories
preposition
  1. Across
    She walked cross the mountains.
  2. Cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
    The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.

Information about cross

Hyphenation of cross

cross

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cross is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cross synonyms

Meaning transverse:

transverse, transversal, thwartwise

Meaning crabbed:

crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy

Meaning crisscross:

crisscross, mark

Meaning Cross:

Cross

Meaning hybrid:

hybrid, crossbreed

Meaning hybridization:

hybridization, crossbreeding, crossing, interbreeding, hybridizing

Meaning traverse:

traverse, track, cover, span, sweep

Meaning intersect:

intersect

Meaning thwart:

thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk

Meaning crossbreed:

crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed

Meaning :

angry, annoyed, irritated, antipodal, contrarily, opposed, reverse

Translation of cross

Words that rhyme with cross

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