Cross

Definition:

  • (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
  • (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
  • (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
  • (n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
  • (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
  • (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
  • (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
  • (n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
  • (n.) Church lands.
  • (n.) A line drawn across or through another line.
  • (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
  • (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
  • (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
  • (a.) Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
  • (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
  • (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
  • (a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
  • (prep.) Athwart; across.
  • (v. t.) To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
  • (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
  • (v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
  • (v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
  • (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
  • (v. t.) To interfere and cut off; to debar.
  • (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
  • (v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
  • (v. t.) To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
  • (v. i.) To lie or be athwart.
  • (v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
  • (v. i.) To be inconsistent.
  • (v. i.) To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.

Compare cross with other words:

crest vs. cross

cross vs. straddle

cross vs. ross

cross vs. crows

cross vs. dross

crass vs. cross

cress vs. cross

coss vs. cross

cross vs. grumpy

cross vs. longitudinal

cross vs. inter

cross vs. morose

crantara vs. cross

cross vs. crotched

cross vs. millrind

cross vs. forpass

cross vs. overgo

cross vs. crosslet

cross vs. crosslike

croise vs. cross

cross vs. intercross

cantoned vs. cross

cross vs. intersect

cross vs. intersection

cross vs. rim

based vs. cross

cross vs. rage

crisscross vs. cross

content vs. cross

cross vs. overcome

cross vs. vomit

cross vs. irate

cross vs. lateral

cross vs. enraged

cross vs. over

arrive vs. cross

cross vs. pleased

cross vs. gang

cross vs. peevish

cross vs. primary

bridge vs. cross

cross vs. recross

cross vs. crossness

cross vs. scuppernong

cross vs. cruciate

cross vs. zebroid

cross vs. decussate

cross vs. crut

crosier vs. cross

cross vs. interlace

cross vs. sain

cross vs. thoroughbred

cross vs. limmer

canine vs. cross

cross vs. untrustworthy

cross vs. subspecies

cross vs. gross

cross vs. deposition

cross vs. crucifer

cross vs. cruciferous

cross vs. degraded

coon vs. cross

cross vs. teeny

cross vs. crozier

cross vs. topographic

cross vs. crusade

cross vs. transom

cross vs. loop

cross vs. disgruntle

cross vs. stipes

cross vs. reciprocal

cross vs. tut

cross vs. decoration

cross vs. crouch

chug vs. cross

cross vs. pectoral

cross vs. measure

cross vs. seal

cross vs. crucify

bastard vs. cross

anguish vs. cross

cross vs. ford

cross vs. crossword

cross vs. crossing

cross vs. try

cross vs. crossbreed

cross vs. run

cross vs. wicket

cross vs. frustrate

contradict vs. cross

cross vs. starboard

cross vs. direction

cross vs. vector

cross vs. travel

across vs. cross

cross vs. crosspatch

cross vs. crossly

antipodal vs. cross

cross vs. irritated

cross vs. reverse

contrarily vs. cross

cross vs. opposed

angry vs. cross

annoyed vs. cross

adverse vs. cross

cross vs. crux

cross vs. crucial

cross vs. crouched

cross vs. hybrid

cross vs. crossroad

cross vs. road

cross vs. pass

cross vs. hook

cross vs. punch

cross vs. situation

cross vs. endure

cross vs. difficult

cross vs. devotion

cross vs. religious

cross vs. imitation

christ vs. cross

cross vs. gesture

criminal vs. cross

cross vs. crucifixion

beam vs. cross

cross vs. execute

cross vs. post

cross vs. perpendicular

bisect vs. cross

cross vs. wooden

cross vs. intersecting

bar vs. cross

cross vs. line

cross vs. cruciform

cross vs. execrable

cross vs. kiss

cross vs. passage

cross vs. rood

cross vs. strike

cross vs. cut

bound vs. cross

cross vs. king

cross vs. elliptical

cross vs. dot

cross vs. slip

cross vs. crucifix

cross vs. direct