cross
IPA: krˈɔs
noun
- 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.
- (heraldry) 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 Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
- (Christianity) Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.
- (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
- (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
- (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
- (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- (soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
- 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 Charing Cross)
- (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.
- (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
- (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- (slang) crossfire.
- A number of places with the name "Cross":
- A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
- A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
- A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
- A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
- A hamlet north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
- A village in Compton Bishop parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4154).
- A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
- A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
- An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
- A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
- (Christianity) Alternative spelling of cross; sometimes used when referring to the historical cross on which Jesus died. [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.]
verb
- To make or form a cross.
- To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
- To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
- To mark with an X.
- To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ
- (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
- (transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
- (UK, Oxford University, slang, obsolete, transitive) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
- To move relatively.
- (transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
- (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
- (transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- (sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.
- (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
- (soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (social) To oppose.
- (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
- (law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
- (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- (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.
adjective
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
- (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
- (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- (chiefly Britain) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
- Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
- (nautical) 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.
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Examples of "cross" in Sentences
- The man crossed the road.
- The pedestrian crossed the road.
- The road crossing moved to the top of the dam.
- At the ginkgo tree, cross the road and go up the hill.
- The road then crosses the marshy valley of the river Authie.
- He then makes the Sign of the Cross over himself and each vestment.
- It has a crossing with the small ring road at the Botanique crossroad.
- The tines cross the path of the road, not parallel with the road direction.
- The gesture resembled the Orthodox manner of performing a sign of the cross.
- An overpass allows a road to cross the highway near the bottom of the image.
- It crept onwards towards the station of the cross, but -- _it never reached the cross_.
- What makes you think anything about the cross dressing in 'cross and single speed MTB is ironic?
- However, I love seeing the simple 'garden spider' / 'cross spider', the one that weaves beautiful webs in my garden and has a white cross pattern on its back.
- In fact, what came out in cross examination, through Mark Geragos 'cross examination, is that there were at least 243 different locations throughout the bay that were being searched by those divers.
- II. ii.157 (47,6) [For I am that way going to temptation, Where prayers cross] Which way Angelo is going to temptation, we begin to perceive; but how _prayers cross_ that way, or cross each other, at that way, more than any other, I do not understand.
- World Cup soccer teams in terrorists 'cross hairs AL Qaeda has put the American and British soccer teams directly in its cross hairs, circulating word online that the athletes are prime targets for an attack at the World Cup Games in South Africa in June, FOXNews. com reports.
- If we ask what the question is that the passage overall poses, or what the change is that needs to be taking place over the time of the passage's narration, it is about the move from desolation in the face of the cross (Jesus 'cross and the implicit demand for the disciple to carry the cross also) to confidence that the process is the work of love coming from and leading to the Father.