cross

Meaning

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.
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).
4. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
5. A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
6. Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
7. (figuratively) A difficult situation that must be endured.
8. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
9. An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
10. (broadly) A hybrid of any kind.
11. A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
12. A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
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. (obsolete) 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. (Ireland, obsolete) Church lands.
17. A line 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. 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. (archaic) A betrayal; dishonest practices, especially deliberately losing a sporting contest.
23. (slang) Crossfire.

Adj

1. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
2. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
3. (archaic) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
4. (British) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
5. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
6. 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.
7. (archaic) Dishonest.

Prep

1. (archaic) Across.
2. The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

Verb

1. To make or form a cross.
2. To make or form a cross.
3. To make or form a cross.
4. To make or form a cross.
5. (reflexive) To make or form a cross.
6. (transitive) To make or form a cross.
7. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive) To make or form a cross.
8. (transitive) To move relatively.
9. (intransitive) To move relatively.
10. (transitive) To move relatively.
11. To move relatively.
12. To move relatively.
13. To move relatively.
14. (transitive) To oppose.
15. (obsolete, transitive) To oppose.
16. To oppose.
17. To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
18. (transitive) 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.

Synonyms

traverse

pass

angry

😠

intersect

go through

crossbreed

go across

crucifix

ferry

⛴️

pass over

hybrid

exceed

transverse

cross over

interbreed

crossing

cruciform

get across

step over

thwart

pass through

crisscross

go beyond

go over

get over

surly

cut across

frustrate

ford

mongrel

spoil

ill-tempered

irritable

peevish

baffle

rood

scotch

pass by

hybridization

go by

span

foil

get angry

furious

go

bilk

annoyed

sullen

queer

hybridize

Translations

croix

traverser

Kreuz

croce

cruz

attraversare

kruis

cruzar

σταυρός

atravesar

überqueren

kreuzen

cruz

crux

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɒs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cross

Inherited from Old English: cros

Cognate with Welsh: croes

Cognate with Irish: crois

Cognate with Middle English: rood

Cognate with Old English: rōd

Cognate with Old Norse: kross

Cognate with Icelandic: kross

Cognate with Faroese: krossur

Cognate with Danish: kors

Cognate with Swedish: kors

Cognate with German: Kreuz

Cognate with Dutch: kruis

In summary

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois.
The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century.
Cognates
*Icelandic kross (“cross”)
*Faroese krossur (“cross”)
*Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”)
*Danish kors (“cross”)
*Swedish kors (“cross”)
*North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”)
*Saterland Frisian Krjuus, Kjus (“cross”)
*West Frisian krús (“cross”)
*Dutch kruis (“cross”)
*German Low German Krüüz (“cross”)
*German Kreuz (“cross”)

Sentences

Do not cross the yellow line .

My advice is duck and cross with your right .

It was said that he could cross half of Spain without leaving his possessions .

Two state highways cross Banner County .