cross
cross
krɑ:s
kraas
/krɒs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cross"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go across or to the other side of something
Transitive: to cross a place
to cross definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pedestrian crosses the street at the designated crosswalk.
āĻĒāĻĨāϚāĻžāϰ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to meet or overlap at a point, creating a junction or intersection
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Deltas are formed where rivers cross, depositing sediment and creating fertile landscapes.
āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻĻā§€āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange something in a manner that creates an intersection or overlap
Transitive: to cross two linear objects
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Plumbers crossed pipes within the building's infrastructure.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to act against or obstruct someone's plans, actions, or goals
Transitive: to cross a person or a plan
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ambitious employee was subtly crossing his manager by undermining authority.
āĻŽāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deliberately mate individuals of different breeds or varieties to produce offspring with desirable characteristics or traits
Transitive: to cross animals or crops
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Geneticists use controlled breeding programs, crossing mice with specific genetic traits, to study the inheritance of genes.
āϜāĻŋāύāϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāύāύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϜāĻŋāύāĻ—āϤ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϜāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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X āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to place an X as a symbol or mark to indicate a specific location, choice, or designation
Transitive: to cross sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When cutting wood for a project, a craftsman may cross the designated cut lines for accuracy.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻ  āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ—āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āϞāĻžāχāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stretch or reach from one side to another, covering a space or distance
Transitive: to cross an expanse of space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
High-voltage power lines crossed the vast landscape, carrying electricity over long distances.
āωāĻšā§āϚ-āĻ­ā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāχāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pass the ball from one side of the field to another, typically to a teammate for a scoring opportunity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The winger crossed the ball from the right flank to the striker waiting in the box.
āωāχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to mark a cheque with two parallel lines, indicating that it can only be deposited directly into a bank account and not cashed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bank teller asked if the cheque had been crossed before processing it.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻšā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to touch one's forehead, chest, and both shoulders in a religious gesture, often as a sign of blessing or reverence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He always crosses himself before starting his prayers.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻļ

a representation of the structure on which Jesus Christ was executed, used as a symbol of Christianity
cross definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stained glass window depicted the crucifixion with a detailed image of the cross.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻš āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻļāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ

a mark or an object formed by two short lines or pieces crossing each other
cross definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In math class, we use the symbol " cross " to represent multiplication.
āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ

a structure made of two intersecting beams, often associated with execution or as a religious symbol
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Roman soldiers erected a cross to crucify the prisoner.
āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻžāύ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻļ⧇钉 āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϰ, āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ

a hybrid organism resulting from the breeding or fertilization of two different species, varieties, or breeds
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hybrid dog is a cross of a Labrador and a Poodle.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻĄ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻĄāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž

a challenge or hardship one must endure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The heavy workload felt like a cross for him to carry.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϞ⧋āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϏ

a pass sent from the side of the field to the area near the opponent's goal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A well-timed cross can catch the defense off guard.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ

(boxing) a straight punch thrown with the rear hand, usually aimed straight at the opponent's head or body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her coach emphasized the importance of a strong cross.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻžāϰ

the strings on a racket that run horizontally
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cross strings help distribute the force of the ball across the racket.
āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āϤāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϟ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ, āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ

feeling annoyed or angry
cross definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was cross when his plans were disrupted by unexpected delays.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻĄāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•

positioned or directed across or at an angle to something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They walked along the cross pathway that linked the two roads.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻĒāĻĨ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ

arranged in opposite or inverse relationships
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The two opposing teams were in a cross competition for the championship title.
āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻĻāϞ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āĻĒāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāϏ-āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀, āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ⧀

involving two or more different groups, areas, or types that are working together, connected, or influencing each other
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lab is working on cross-species research.
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used to indicate movement or position from one side to another
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She traveled cross the river to reach the village.
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crossed
crossing
uncross
cross
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