cross
cross is a 5-letter English word with 47 senses as noun, adjective, preposition, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
- noun. The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
- noun. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
- noun. A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- noun. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
- noun. A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
- noun. A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
- noun. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
- noun. Church lands.
- noun. A line drawn across or through another line.
- noun. A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
- noun. An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- noun. A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
- adjective. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
- adjective. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
- adjective. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
- adjective. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
- preposition. Athwart; across.
- transitive verb. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
- transitive verb. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
- transitive verb. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
- transitive verb. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
- transitive verb. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
- transitive verb. To interfere and cut off; to debar.
- transitive verb. To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
- transitive verb. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
- transitive verb. To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
- intransitive verb. To lie or be athwart.
- intransitive verb. To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
- intransitive verb. To be inconsistent.
- intransitive verb. To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.
- noun. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- noun. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
- noun. a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
- noun. a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- noun. any affliction that causes great suffering
"that is his cross to bear"
"he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
- verb. breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"cross a horse and a donkey"
"Mendel tried crossbreeding"
- verb. trace a line through or across
"cross your `t'"
- verb. travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
- verb. meet and pass
"the trains crossed"
- verb. fold so as to resemble a cross
"she crossed her legs"
- verb. meet at a point
- verb. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
- verb. to cover or extend over an area or time period, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
"Rivers traverse the valley floor"
"The novel spans three centuries"
- adjective. annoyed and irritable
- adjective. 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"
Synonyms
crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, crossbreed, hybrid, crisscross, mark, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed, cover, track, traverse, intersect, baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil
Common word forms
crossed, crosser, crosses, crossly, crossest, crossing, crossable, crossness
Words from these letters
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