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.
 * 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) (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
 * 5) A hand gesture made by Catholics in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
 * 6)  A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
 * 7) (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
 * 8)  Animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
 * 9)  a hook thrown over the opponent's punch
 * 10)  A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
 * 11) A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
 * 12) A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
 * 13)  Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.

Adjective

 * 1) Transverse; lying across the main direction.
 * 2)  Opposite, opposed to.
 * 3)  Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
 * 4) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.

Verb

 * 1) To mark with an X.
 * 2)  To go from one side of (something) to the other.
 * 3)  To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
 * 4)  To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
 * 5) (reflexive to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
 * 6)  Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
 * 7)  to cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
 * 8)  to conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness
 * 9)  To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
 * 10)  To score a try.

Adjectives for Cross
customary; blazoned; glimmering; absolving; shameful; abhorred; momentary; reeking; planted; sunken; pastoral; radiant; scarlet; ebony; patient; cold; marble; enameled.

Verbs for Cross
award —; bear —; curse —; deliver one to —; deny —; embrace —; endure —; erect —; fight for —; glory in —; hallow —; idolize —; kneel before —; mark with —; nail to —; plant —; sign with —; take up —; trust in —; uphold —; vow by —; wear —; worship at —; — leads; — saves; — signifies; — symbolizes.

Adverbs for Cross

 * petulantly; perpetually; unreasonably; habitually; disagreeably; sullenly; morosely; gloomily; unbearably; pathetically; tragically; shockingly; waywardly; restively; glumly; crustily; cantankerously; brutally; sternly; forbiddingly; needlessly; gracelessly; unpardonably.


 * (To go from one side of something to the other) freely; laterally; obliquely; boldly; accommodatingly; rapidly; devoutly; diagonally; inevitably; cautiously.

Synonyms

 * cross-fertilize, crossbreed
 * hybrid
 * True Cross
 * contrarily, opposed, reverse, antipodal
 * angry, annoyed, irritated

Derived terms

 * Celtic cross
 * crossroads
 * cross-stitch
 * double cross
 * fiery cross
 * Latin cross
 * left cross
 * Maltese cross
 * True Cross
 * right cross
 * crossing
 * cross off
 * cross one's arms
 * cross one's fingers
 * cross one's heart
 * cross one's legs
 * cross out
 * cross over
 * crossover
 * cross paths
 * cross someone's palm
 * cross the aisle
 * crossword
 * cross cut
 * cross-examine
 * crossly
 * cross-multiplication
 * crosspatch
 * cross purposes
 * cross-section
 * cross-wise

Thesaurus
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conflicting, confound, confront, confute, contest, contra, contradict, contradictory, contrapose, contrariwise, contrary, contravene, contrawise, controvert, coronet, counter, counteract, counterattack, countermand, countermark, counterpose, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, countervail, counterwork, crabbed, cranky, crescent, crest, crisscross, cromlech, crook, crosier, cross ancre, cross botonee, cross bourdonee, cross fitche, cross fleury, cross formee, cross fourchee, cross grignolee, cross moline, cross of Cleves, cross of Lorraine, cross patee, cross recercelee, cross-crosslet, cross-grained, cross-shaped, cross-staff, crossbar, crossbones, crossbred, crossbreed, crosscut, crossed, crossing, crosslet, crosslike, crossway, crossways, crosswise, crotchety, crown, crown of thorns, cruciate, crucible, cruciferous, crucifix, cruciform, cruet, cruise, crusty, crutch, crutch-stick, crux, crux ansata, crux capitata, crux decussata, crux gammata, crux immissa, crux ordinaria, cumbrance, cup, curse, cussed, cut across, cyclolith, dagger, dash, deadweight, death chair, death chamber, decoration, decussate, decussated, defeat, defeat expectation, defy, delete, deny, destroy, device, difference, differencing, differing, difficulties, difficulty, disaccordant, disadvantage, disaffirm, disagreeable, disagreeing, disallow, disappoint, disavow, disclaim, discomfit, disconcert, discordant, discountenance, discrepant, dish, disharmonious, disillusion, disown, disproportionate, disprove, dispute, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, distress, divergent, dolmen, double-cross, downer, dress, drop, eagle, electric chair, elude, embarrassment, emblems, encumbrance, endorsement, enemy, ensigns, erase, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, eucharistial, ex, excitable, exing, eyeball-to-eyeball, falcon, fasces, faultfinding, feisty, fess, fess point, field, figurehead, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, flummox, foil, footstone, ford, fork cross, forswear, fractious, freight, fret, frustrate, fur, furious, fusil, gainsay, gall, gall and wormwood, gallows, gallows-tree, gammadion, garland, gas chamber, get ahead of, gibbet, give benediction, go across, go against, go by, go by ship, go counter to, go on shipboard, go to sea, grating, grave, gravestone, grievance, griffe, griffin, grouchy, grumpy, guillotine, gules, gyron, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, halter, hammer and sickle, hamper, hand, handicap, handstaff, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, hatchment, headstone, helmet, hemp, hempen collar, heraldic device, heraldry, high yellow, hinny, hoarstone, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, honor point, hostile, hot seat, huffish, huffy, hybrid, hybridize, icon, immiscible, impalement, impaling, impediment, impedimenta, imposition, impugn, in confrontation, in hostile array, in opposition, inaccordant, incensed, incensory, incompatible, inconvenience, indignant, inescutcheon, infliction, inharmonious, inimical, initials, inscription, insignia, interbred, interbreed, intercross, interfere with, intersect, intersected, intersecting, inverted cross, invoke benefits upon, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, irritation, jangling, jarring, join, join issue upon, join the opposition, label, ladino, lapel pin, lay hands on, let down, lethal chamber, lie across, lie athwart, liger, lion, lituus, livery, livid, load, lock horns, long cross, lozenge, lumber, mace, mad, maiden, make a passage, mantle, mantling, mark, mark of signature, marker, markings, marshaling, martlet, mascle, matzo, mausoleum, mean, medal, meet, meet head-on, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, menorah, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metal, metis, metisse, mezuzah, mikvah, militate against, miscegenate, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mongrelize, monogram, monolith, monstrance, monument, moody, mortarboard, motorboat, motto, mound, mulatto, mule, mullet, mustee, navigate, necrology, negate, negative, nombril point, noncooperative, nonplus, noose, not abide, not accept, not admit, nullify, obelisk, obituary, oblique, obliquely, obstinate, octofoil, octoroon, old school tie, onus, opponent, oppose, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppression, oppugn, oppugnant, or, ordeal, ordinary, orle, ornery, osculatory, ostensorium, out of accord, out of whack, over, overstride, overthwart, pack, pack of troubles, pale, paly, papal cross, paschal candle, pass, pass by, pass over, pastoral staff, paterissa, pax, pean, peck of troubles, pectoral cross, peevish, penalty, perplex, perverse, pettish, petulant, pheon, phylacteries, pillar, pin, piqued, pissed, pissed-off, plaque, play at cross-purposes, plight, plumcot, ply, potent cross, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, predicament, pressure, prize, protest, purpure, pyramid, pyx, quadroon, quarter, quartering, quarterstaff, querulous, quick-tempered, quintroon, ratty, rebut, recalcitrant, recant, refractory, refuse to admit, refute, regalia, reject, relics, reliquary, remembrance, renounce, repudiate, repugnant, resist, retract, revoke, ribbon, rigor, riled up, ring, rival, rood, rope, rosary, rose, rostral column, row, rub out, ruin, run, run against, run counter to, sable, sabotage, sacred relics, sacring bell, sail, sail round, sail the sea, saltire, sambo, scaffold, school ring, scotch, scull, scutcheon, sea of troubles, seafare, seal, secant, sell, sell out, shaft, shamrock, shield, shillelagh, shirty, shofar, shoot ahead of, short-tempered, shrine, sideways, sidewise, sigil, sigillography, sign manual, signature, signet, skull and crossbones, snappish, sore, sorrow, span, sphragistics, spike, spiteful, spleeny, splenetic, split, spoil, spread eagle, staff, stake, stave, steam, steamboat, stela, step over, stick, stone, stonewall, straddle, stress, stress of life, strike out, stump, stupa, subordinary, subscription, sukkah, surly, swagger stick, swanking stick, swastika, swim upstream, tabernacle, tablet, take a voyage, take back, take issue with, tallith, tangelo, tantalize, tartan, tau, tease, tenne, testimonial, testy, tetchy, the chair, thistle, thorn, thurible, thwart, thwartly, thwartways, ticked off, tie, tigon, tincture, tomb, tombstone, tope, torse, touchy, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, tree, trefled cross, tressure, trial, tribulation, trophy, trouble, troubles, ugly, uncongenial, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unharmonious, unicorn, uniform, unpropitious, up in arms, upset, urceole, vair, vale of tears, variant, verge, veronica, vert, vexed, vicissitude, vigil light, visa, vise, visitation, voided cross, vote against, votive candle, voyage, walking stick, wand, waspish, waters of bitterness, weight, white elephant, wipe out, with crossed bayonets, withstand, woe, work against, worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wreath, wroth, wrought-up, x-shaped, yacht, yale, zebrass, zebrule

Etymology
From cross:, cros:, from  cros:, of  origin, from  kross:, perhaps from  cros: (compare  croes:, Gaelic crois:), from  crux:. Cognate with kross:,  kors:,  kors:. Displaced native rood:, from  rod:. See rood.

Pronunciation

 * , (also, especially formerly, , )

Noun

 * Albanian: kryq
 * Archi:
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Avar:
 * Azeri:
 * Bavarian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: кръст
 * Catalan: creu
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: risti, rasti (like X)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Karachay-Balkar:


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lojban: kuctai
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu)
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: శిలువ (Siluva)
 * Turkish:
 * Udi:
 * Ukrainian: хрест


 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръст
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kereszt
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: krusts
 * Macedonian:


 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: శిలువ (Siluva)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хрест


 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܨܠܝܒܐ (Ṣlīwā, Ṣlīwo)
 * Hebrew: צליבא (Ṣlīwā, Ṣlīwo)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръст
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kereszt
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krusts


 * Lojban: kuctai
 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu)
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: శిలువ (Siluva)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хрест,


 * Armenian: խաչափայտ
 * Old Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разпятие
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kereszt
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krusts


 * Macedonian: распетие
 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu)
 * Meru:
 * Old English:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: розп'яття


 * Armenian: խաչակնքում
 * Bulgarian: кръстене
 * Croatian: znak križa
 * Dutch: kruis, kruisteken
 * Finnish: ristinmerkki, risti
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kereszt
 * Latvian: krusts


 * Macedonian: крстење
 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu)
 * Polish: znak krzyża
 * Russian: крест (kr'est), крестное знамение (kr'éstnoje znám'enije)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: kors, korstecken
 * Turkish: istavroz
 * Ukrainian: хресне знамення


 * German:
 * Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriSu), വിഷമ സ്ഥിതി (vishama sthhithi)
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Armenian: հիբրիդ
 * Bulgarian: кръстоска
 * Czech:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: incrocio
 * Russian: ,


 * Slovene: križanec
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish: blandning, hybrid, korsning, korsningsprodukt, mellanting
 * Telugu: సంకరము (saMkaramu)


 * Bulgarian: центриране
 * Italian:


 * Swahili: misalaba


 * : kruco

Adjective

 * Bulgarian:
 * French: ,


 * Russian: попepeчный, пepeкёcтный
 * Turkish: çapraz


 * Bulgarian: противоположен
 * Dutch: tegenwerkend, tegenwerkende
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: entgegengesetzt,


 * Lojban:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:, karşısında


 * Dutch: geërgerd, geërgerde
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Lojban:, selfanza
 * Russian: сердитыӣ
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish:, ,

Verb

 * Esperanto: krucmarki


 * Ainu: トモツ゜イェ (tomotuye)
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: пресичам
 * Chinese:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: (a narrow thing),   (a narrow thing),   (e.g., a room)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: átkel, átmegy
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 건너다 (geonneoda)


 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: преминува, преодува, пресекува
 * Malayalam: കടക്കുക (katakkuka)
 * Norwegian: krysse
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: пересекать, пересечь , переходить,
 * Slovene: prečkati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దాటు


 * Bulgarian: пресичам
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: áthalad, átmegy
 * Macedonian: пресекува
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish: korsa


 * Bulgarian: препятствам, противодействам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: astua tielle,
 * French: ,
 * German: (plan),, hintergehen (person)


 * Italian: ,
 * Lojban:
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish: förhindra, gäcka, i  för, korsa


 * Bulgarian: кръстя се
 * Finnish: ristinmerkki
 * French: faire le signe de croix
 * Hungarian: keresztet vet
 * Macedonian: крсти, прекрстува
 * Portuguese:, fazer o sinal da cruz
 * Romanian: ,


 * Russian:, перекреститься
 * Slovene: se prekrižati
 * Spanish: santiguarse
 * Swahili: ishara ya misalaba
 * Swedish: korstecknet
 * Yup'ik:


 * Swahili: misalaba


 * Bulgarian: кръстосвам
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: keresztez
 * Macedonian: вкрстува


 * Russian: скрещивать, скрестить
 * Swahili: misalaba
 * Swedish: korsa

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) cross-country sport

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) motocross
 * 2) cross (boxing punch, tennis shot)
 * 3) slice (golf shot)

Derived terms

 * crossista