cross

nouns

a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
cross
is a type of (narrower)
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
"the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
construction, structure
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross, cross, mark
any affliction that causes great suffering
"that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
cross, crown of thorns
(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"
cross, crossbreed, hybrid
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding

verbs

travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
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meet at a point
cross, intersect
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hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
see also
double cross
fold so as to resemble a cross
"she crossed her legs"
cross
antonym
uncross
is a type of (narrower)
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
"fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
fold, fold up, turn up
to cover or extend over an area or time period
"Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
cross, span, sweep, traverse
meet and pass
"the trains crossed"
cross
is a type of (narrower)
meet at a point
cross, intersect
trace a line through or across
"cross your `t'"
cross
is a type of (narrower)
mark or trace on a surface
"The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
write
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed
is derived from
crossing

adjectives

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"
cross, thwartwise, transversal, transverse
annoyed and irritable
bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered
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crossness