cross
nounEtymology
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. Doublet of crouch (“cross”) and crux. 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”)
Definitions
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other…
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.
Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a…
Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman…
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.
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Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was…
Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
- True Cross
- From the dim landscape roll the clouds away— / The Christians have regained their heritage; / Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray, / And many a monastery decks the stage, / And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage.
A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross
A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
- She made the cross after swearing.
Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers,…
Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
- She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
A difficult situation that must be endured.
- It's a cross I must bear.
- Heaven prepares good men with crosses.
- It's not fair to deny me / Of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know
The act of going across
The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- A quick cross of the road.
An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
One element of a hybrid species or type.
- The native Amboynese who reside in the city are a strange half-civilized, half-savage lazy people, who seem to be a mixture of at least three races - Portuguese, Malay, and Papuan or Ceramese, with an occasional cross of Chinese or Dutch.
A hybrid of any kind.
- Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler
A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the…
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.
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions
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 monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as…
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the…
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.
Church lands.
- the church-lands lying within the same, which were called the Cross
A line across or through another line.
An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
A betrayal
A betrayal; dishonest practices, especially deliberately losing a sporting contest.
Crossfire.
Transverse
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
- the cross refraction of the second prism
Opposite, opposed to.
- His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
Opposing, adverse
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.
- a cross fortune
- the cross and unlucky issue of my designs
(of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed
(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.
- Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- cross interrogatories
- cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over…
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.
Dishonest.
Across.
- She walked cross the mountains.
- A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village.
The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
- The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
To make or form a cross.
- She frowned and crossed her arms.
To move relatively.
- Why did the chicken cross the road?
- You need to cross the street at the lights.
To oppose.
- "You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
- At length I begged him, with all the earnestness I felt, to tell me what had occurred to cross him so unusually, and to let me sympathize with him, if I could not hope to advise him.
- But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it / Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of / You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin' / Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.
- Question: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? Answer : El-if-I-no.
To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring…
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.
The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's…
The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
A number of places with the name "Cross"
A number of places with the name "Cross":
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a…
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
- Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.
The neighborhood
- neighboracross
- neighborcrouched
- neighborcrozier
- neighborcrucial
- neighborcrucifix
- neighborcrucify
- neighborcrusade
- neighborcrux
- neighbordot
- neighbor×
- neighborcrisscross
Derived
abbot on the cross, altar cross, Andean cross, ansate cross, archbishop's cross, archiepiscopal cross, autocross, back cross, Bedgebury Cross, Brent Cross, Bromley Cross, Broughton Cross, Burgate Cross, buttercross, Calvary cross, Carolingian cross, Celtic cross, Charing Cross, Christian cross, Church Cross, Clay Cross, come home by weeping cross, countercross, cross aisle, cross and pile, crossarm, cross assembler, cross axle, crossback, crossbeak, cross bearer, cross bike, crossbill, crossbite, cross-bone, crossbones, cross bore, cross bottony, crossbow, cross brace · +262 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at cross. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at cross. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at cross
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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