Definition of cross in English English dictionary
- A topographic surname for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road
- 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.
- (reflexive to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself
- To mark with an X
- A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch
- to conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness
- To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side
- A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion
- To go from one side of (something) to the other
Why did the chicken cross the road?.
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- across
- Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross
- a hook thrown over the opponent's punch
- Transverse; lying across the main direction
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
- Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross
- (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified
- A hand gesture made by Catholics in imitation of the shape of the Cross
- to cross-fertilize or crossbreed'''
- Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
- Animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross)
- Opposite, opposed to
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion)
- 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
- A difficult situation that must be endured
It's a cross I must bear.
- To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
- Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs
- To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of
You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero! bellowed the villain.
- {a} athwart, opposit, peevish, difficult
- {n} a gibbet, misfortune, opposition, trial
- {v} to lay athwart, pass over, oppose, vex, sign, cancel, put out
- {a} over, from side to side
- (Spor) (in soccer) a pass of the ball across the field towards the centre close to one's opponents' goal
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road
- Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting
- A pass across the face of the opponent's goal
- multi-armed iron casting fixed to the end of the windshaft to carry the sails
- a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
- n [shape made of an upright line with another going across it] palang 2 vt [to go from one side to the other] menyeberang (seberang)
- a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry
- center the ball from the wing to in front of the net
- It was anciently used in the execution of criminals
- Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse
- A line drawn across or through another line
- The difference in weight between the left front corner of the car and its right rear corner
- part of the church where the central nave and the transept joined It can either be covered by a dome or dominated by a tower
- To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds
- Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman
- To make the sign of the cross upon; followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself
- To cause to interbreed; said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of
- an advance or retreat by crossing one leg over the other; also passé avant (forward cross), passé arriere (backwards cross)
- A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties
- Refers to one or more mating units set up with males and females that each have a designated genotype chosen to carry out a particular genetic analysis (see Chapter 3) See Cross in the MGI Glossary
- trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"
- a hook thrown over the opponents punch
- The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
- A hybrid plant, the results of cross- fertilization between species or varieties
- To interfere and cut off; to debar
- See the Illustration, above
- An advance or retreat by crossing one leg over the other; also passe' avant (forward cross), passe' arriere (backwards cross)
- Many people wear crosses around their necks as jewelry If the cross is large enough to be seen from a distance and the chain is long enough to position the cross over the center of the chest, it is called a pectoral cross Pectoral crosses are quite often worn over albs or cassocks, but seldom if ever over robes While they look quite nice with vestments, they are too dramatic for street clothes If you want to wear a cross with street clothes, use a small cross on a neck chain Christians did not wear crosses or hang them on their walls until after crucifixion was no longer the standard method of capital punishment Instead, the earliest Christians used the gesture of the sign of the cross
- 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
- A hand gesture made by Christians in imitation of the shape of the Cross
- To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms
- To be inconsistent
- fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
- {s} irritated, angry; intersecting; against, opposite
- meet at a point
- n 1 a combination in which the path of one attacker crosses the path of another 2 cross-court
- cross a bridge before one comes to it
- To worry about a future situation despite being as yet unable to act on it
- cross bat
- The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc
- cross bat
- Of a shot played with a cross bat
- cross caps
- plural form of cross cap
- cross channel
- A minor channel connecting two larger channels running parallel to each other
the Sulina, which runs on from the Danube in an eastern direction, forming, with the Kilia and a cross channel between the two arms, the deltoid islands of Lete and Chatel or Tchetal.
- cross channel
- Alternative spelling of cross-channel
- cross channel
- A cross- current
The channel across the Sandness is formed by the action of the seas, with winds from north-easterly and easterly points, throwing up the sand and obstructing the ebbing current in its progress to sea... My idea of the best mode of stopping the present cross channel, is to drive a double row of sheeting piles at the distance of about 30 feet from each other .
- cross channels
- plural form of cross channel
- cross check
- performing a cross check
- cross check
- a maneuver whereby an ice hockey player hits and pushes another hockey player with their ice hockey stick while holding the stick with both hands, with no part of the hockey stick touching the ice surface
- cross checked
- Simple past tense and past participle of cross check
- cross checking
- Present participle of cross check
- cross checks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cross check
- cross checks
- plural form of cross check
- cross compiler
- A compiler that generates code for a platform other than the one it runs on
- cross compilers
- plural form of cross compiler
- cross country
- A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc. where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5 - 10K races. Abbreviated XC
- cross country
- A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles
- cross country skiing
- Alternative spelling of cross-country skiing
- cross cover version
- Music. A rerecording of a song by an artist who is of the opposite sex of the original artist
- cross cover versions
- plural form of cross cover version
- cross crosslet
- A cross with the ends of each arm crossed
- cross examination
- : In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party opposed to the party that called the witness to testify
- cross examination
- By extension, any process in which a person is subject to questioning
- cross examinations
- plural form of cross examination
- cross examine
- To subject a person to a cross examination; to question a person intensely
- cross examined
- Simple past tense and past participle of cross examine
- cross examines
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cross examine
- cross examining
- Present participle of cross examine
- cross flory
- A cross with the ends of the arms flory, having a shape like a fleur-de-lys
- cross junction
- In a railroad, a location where two tracks cross, without switches, as where different roads intersect
- cross junctions
- plural form of cross junction
- cross my heart
- A declaration that the speaker is telling the truth
- cross of Lorraine
- A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the first, intersecting the vertical bar midway between the larger horizontal bar and the top of the vertical bar: ☨
- cross of gold
- A public policy which puts the interests of the rich ahead of those of the poor
- cross off
- To finish; to mark something as complete
I can cross off another project from the list.
- cross off
- To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through
- cross one's arms
- To link one's arms together across one's chest
- cross one's fingers
- to tell a white lie
- cross one's fingers
- To wish for luck
- cross one's heart
- To attest to the truthfulness of an associated statement
- cross out
- To strike out; to draw a line through
If you make a mistake, just cross it out.
- cross over
- To die
Sarah's grandmother crossed over last night.
- cross over
- To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another
Not many actors are so easily able to cross over from television to film.
- cross over
- Alternative form of crossover
- cross paths
- To be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys
Presidential campaigns cross paths in up-for-grabs Iowa.
- cross pattée
- Any of several forms of cross whose arms are narrow at the center and broad at the extremities
- cross peen hammer
- a hammer with a blade-like peen at right angles to the haft, used by carpenters
- cross product
- A vector product
- cross products
- plural form of cross product
- cross purposes
- Conflicting or incompatible objectives or methods
We are working at cross purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.
- cross sea
- a sea whose current runs contrary to that of the wind
- cross seas
- plural form of cross sea
- cross section
- A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis
- cross section
- The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place
- cross section
- A sample meant to be representative of a whole population
- cross sections
- plural form of cross section
- cross someone's palm
- To give money to a person, especially as a bribe or as an inducement to perform a service
After crossing his palm with a donation, I felt entitled at least to ask where he was from.
- cross someone's palm with silver
- Alternative form of cross someone's palm
- cross someone's path
- To meet by chance
None of the sportsmen who have crossed my path have made as great an impact on me as Bob.
- cross swords
- to fight with someone, to duel
- cross swords
- to place or hold two swords so they cross each other
- cross swords
- to quarrel or argue with someone, to have a dispute with someone
- cross tab
- A cross tabulation
- cross tabs
- plural form of cross tab
- cross tabulation
- A presentation of data about categorical variable in a tabular form to aid in identifying a relationship between the variables
- cross tabulations
- plural form of cross tabulation
- cross that bridge when one comes to it
- To deal with a problem or situation only when it arises
It's possible we'll someday have more content than available space for it, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
- cross that bridge when one gets there
- Alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross that bridge when one gets to it
- Alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross the Rubicon
- To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences
He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon but he could not live a lie anymore.
- cross the aisle
- Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party
After Stronach's 2005 defection to Paul Martin's Liberals . . . . t least one Tory MP openly called her a whore for crossing the aisle.
- cross the aisle
- To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action
It's voters who seem to want Republicans and Democrats in the next Congress to cross the aisle and try something different in Iraq.
- cross the floor
- To vote against one’s own political party in parliament
- cross the floor
- Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one’s political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one’s currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one’s new party
Two weeks ago, Mr Davies intimated to Mr Brown that he was ready to cross the floor.
- cross the line
- To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable
I can tolerate a lot, but they really crossed the line when they broke the window.
- cross the line
- To cross the equator, as a vessel at sea
- cross-
- Indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate (as in crossclass, crosslinguistic, cross-platform)
- cross-
- Indicating an exchange or switch
- cross-
- Indicating a direction (across)
Evans 9. Confirm. .
- cross-bench
- A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit
- cross-bencher
- A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality
Putting the hereditary nobility to one side, the life peers, and especially the cross-benchers, carry on an older, less narrowly professional tradition of distinguished service: rule by the ‘great and the good’, if not necessarily the best and brightest.
- cross-birth
- A birth in which the fetus is positioned with neither the head nor the feet lying in the direction of the birth canal
- cross-border
- Across a border
- cross-border
- Taking place across a border
- cross-breed
- Of or pertaining to the offspring produced by cross-breeding
- cross-breed
- To breed separate strains of the same species in order to create new traits
- cross-breed
- To breed members of similar albeit distinct species, for example, horse X donkey = mule
- cross-breeding
- Present participle of cross-breed
- cross-breeding
- a type or instance of breeding separate strains of the same species in order to create new traits
- cross-breeding
- a type or instance of breeding members of similar albeit distinct species. i.e. horse + donkey = mule
- cross-browser
- Compatible with more than one web browser
- cross-cap
- A Möbius band
- cross-channel
- That travels across a channel of water; relating to somewhere on the opposite side of the channel
Our fascination for cross-channel soccer never ceases to amaze me. We head to places like Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and even Elland Road week in week out in our droves to support teams that have little or no Irish involvement yet we find little or no attraction in attending matches in the eircom League that are virtually on our doorstep.
- cross-compiler
- Alternative spelling of cross compiler
- cross-console emulation
- A form of console emulation by means of having a video game console, especially the Sega Dreamcast|Sega Dreamcast]], to emulate video games that were created for a less advanced video game console
- cross-contaminate
- To transfer a contaminant from one source to another
- cross-contamination
- The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another
- cross-correlation
- a notion used across various fields of scientific study that shows the relation between members of two or more groups of data
- cross-country
- Taking place outside roads
cross-country skiing.
- cross-country
- Of travel through a country (such as a coast-to-coast road trip), or through a large part of that country
cross-country flight.
- cross-country skiing
- An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill
- cross-country skiing
- A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter
- cross-cousin
- The relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively
- cross-dress
- To wear clothes considered to be of the opposite sex
- cross-dresser
- A person who wears clothing his/her society considers only appropriate for a member of the opposite sex
- cross-examination
- The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he or she has been called and examined. See examination
- cross-examine
- To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given
- cross-examine
- To question a trial witness, who has already been questioned by the other side
- cross-eyed
- Having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily
- cross-fertilization
- The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit
- cross-fertilization
- Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species)
- cross-fertilize
- To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization
- cross-foster
- To remove an offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters
- cross-fostering
- Present participle of cross-foster
- cross-fostering
- the technique of removing eggs from the nest of one species of bird, to be incubated in the nest of another. Usually done to aid the recovery of endangered species
- cross-grained
- Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain
- cross-grained
- Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome
- cross-hatching
- Alternative spelling of crosshatching
- cross-hatching
- Present participle of cross-hatch
- cross-jack yard
- The lower yard on the mizenmast of a square-rigged ship
- cross-lag
- The statistical relation between two facts
A cross-lagged longitudinal study.
- cross-legged
- Having one leg over and across the other
- cross-legged
- Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart
- cross-legged
- In this manner
- cross-light
- A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights
- cross-link
- to form such a link
- cross-link
- a link between adjacent chains of a polymer
- cross-linked
- having links between adjacent chains
- cross-multiplication
- An instance, or the process, of cross-multiplying
- cross-multiply
- To set the product of the extremes of a proportion equal to the product of its means
Cross-multiplying 3/5=x/2 yields 3\times2=5x.
- cross-party
- Of or pertaining to two or more political parties
- cross-phrasing
- Musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat
- cross-platform
- Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems
- cross-platform application development
- Development of applications that work on various operating systems
- cross-platform application management
- Management of applications across various operating systems
- cross-pollinate
- To pollinate using cross-pollination
- cross-pollination
- Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another
- cross-pollination
- Inspiration, stimulation or influence between diverse elements
- cross-purpose
- A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one
- cross-question
- a question performed during a cross-examination
the best way to get things clear is if we gently cross-question this very statement.
- cross-question
- to subject to close questioning
The good man, he looks on us so clear and cheery, and in his neighbourly soft-smiling eyes we see so well our own shadow, - we have a longing always to cross-question him.
- cross-reactivity
- The degree to which an antigen is effective against an antibody that was generated against a different antigen
- cross-reference
- To provide something with a cross-reference
- cross-reference
- A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work
- cross-shaped
- Of the form of a cross
- cross-staff
- An early navigational instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star; it developed into the sextant
- cross-stitch
- To embroider with such stitches
- cross-stitch
- embroidery or needlework made using such stitches
- cross-stitch
- A double stitch that forms a cross