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cross English

Meaning cross meaning

What does cross mean?
Definitions in simple English

cross Verb

— If you cross something, you go from one side of it to the other side. Don't cross the street until the light turns green. We can cross the river at the bridge, or we can get wet. — If you cross something, you put one part over another perpendicularly. She crossed her ankles: she put one foot on the other side of the other foot. — If you cross someone, you do something that the person does not like. Don't cross me. Make sure to agree with me. — If you cross, you go in a path that will intersect with someone else's path. Boats crossing from starboard have right-of-way.

cross Noun

— A cross is a figure made of two straight lines or bars that intersect each other such that at least one of them bisects the other. In Christianity, the death of Jesus is represented by a cross.

cross Adjective

— Someone who is cross is angry or annoyed. Jill spoke to me rudely because she was cross.

cross

— verb (= cover, pass over) travel across or pass over The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day — verb (= intersect) meet at a point — adjective (= transverse, transversal) 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 — noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece — verb fold so as to resemble a cross she crossed her legs — noun (= mark) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other — adjective (= crabbed) annoyed and irritable — verb (= foil, frustrate) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge foil your opponent — verb (= traverse, span) 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 — verb meet and pass the trains crossed — verb trace a line through or across cross your 't' — noun (= crown of thorns) any affliction that causes great suffering that is his cross to bear he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns — verb (= crossbreed, interbreed) 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 — 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 (= hybridization) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Cross

— noun a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

Synonyms cross synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as cross?

cross English » English

traverse pass angry intersect go through crossbreed go across crucifix ferry pass over hybrid exceed transverse cross over interbreed cruciform crossing thwart step over pass through go over go beyond get across crisscross surly spoil span scotch rood peevish pass by mongrel irritable ill-tempered hybridization go by get over frustrate ford foil cut across baffle transversal sullen queer outraged mark hybridize go get angry

Cross English » English

cross Southern Cross obelisk double dagger diesis dagger cross of Jesus Christ club chiasm Crux

Topics cross topics

What do people use cross to talk about?
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Social behavior Religion Religious organization

Christianity
Social behavior Law Punish

Execute
Physical actions Move Move toward something

Move past, over, through
Physical actions Move Travel

Travel by water
Physical actions Move something Open

Limit
Person Body Head

Eye
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Person Sense, perceive

See
Person Healthy Disabled

Poor eyesight
Language and thought

Think
Social behavior Relationships

Disunity
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Encounter
Social behavior Law Trial

Witness, testify
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Betray
Work and occupation Working with buildings Infrastructure

Road
Physical actions Posture

Sit
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart
Physical actions Arrange

Mix
States Quantity Whole, complete

Part
States Quality Light Color

Multicolored
Grammar Name Name of a place

Names of heavenly bodies

Conjugation cross conjugation

How do you conjugate cross?

cross · verb

Examples cross examples

How do I use cross in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom was afraid to cross the road.
There must be some way to cross the river.
No giraffe can cross this river.
We will cross the street now.
Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.
Cross off the names of the people who have paid their dues.
Mayuko looks cross.
Charlie decided to cross out the last word.
It then became necessary to settle the best route for the line to follow; and that was determined, in the first place, by the shape of the land it had to cross.
Cross the road with care.
The two lines cross each other at right angles.
It is dangerous to cross that old bridge.
It is very dangerous to cross this street.
Let's cross here.
He is cross because she always comes late.
As you have insulted him, he is cross with you.
No cross, no crown.
Cross out all the wrong answers.
I never cross this bridge without being reminded of my childhood.
You have to cross the ocean to get to America.
When I'm home and I'm going to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be careful how I cross the street?
We'll cross the river in a boat.
We take part in Red Cross movement.
I saw an old woman cross the street.

Movie subtitles

Elder Cross and Elder Green, you will be serving in.
Once you cross it, you will not be able to come back.
I don't know what's going on, but they are talking at cross purposes.
Did you paths cross much?
So we cross-reference the two?
As soon as he cross the border, he will be arrested.
And whatever happens there you make the sign of the cross.
At the Sabbath witches and sorcerers first desecrate the Church's holy cross.
Not on the cross, Lord Margrave - on the sharp edge of your sword!
I shall mark the spot with a little cross myself!
I entreat you, by the cross you gave me, to come to me today it is the loneliest place in the city.
You try to cross over there a chicken, and you'll find out viaduct.
This cross.
This cross marks the spot where the shirt was last seen.
The cross and the crescent are irreconcilable.
Why can't the cross and the crescent get along?
Can't the cross and the crescent get along?
Yes, but that complicates things for us a bit, now, doesn't it, you know, being as we can't cross swords with the Guardians and so forth.
We shall proceed with the cross-examination.
I'll cross my own mud.
Someday. Somewhere. Our trails will cross again.
The cross, put it away.
The cross.
You'll find that I am, unless you cross me.
Cross my heart.
These gentlemen have cross words.
Cross the Danube any way you want.
Crossing the Danube 19th - 20th of July 1877 The patrols cross.
Margit, recalling the gypsy's words, makes the sign of the cross.
But he's cross-eyed.
You try to cross over there a chicken, and you'll find out viaduct. I no go someplace.
Halt! You know you're forbidden to cross.
Then put a cross.
Each grave is indicated by a cross. Or by a piece of wood.
You'd be awfully cross if I'd had affairs.

News and current affairs

More recently, Kaufman was devastating in his cross-examination of Goldman Sachs executives.
Even this limited version would constitute progress; most of the gains arise from removing the red tape that complicates cross-border establishment of small and medium-size service enterprises and limits competition in broad sectors of the economy.
Some of this variation may be explained by cross-national differences regarding what it means to be religious.
But, as a new report by Deutsche Bank Research shows, banks' cross-border business - direct or via branches or subsidiaries - has now broadly stabilized.
The bottom chessboard is the realm of transnational relations that cross borders outside of government control.
Given India's dependence on cross-border water flows from Tibet, it could end up paying a heavy price.
So a major effort to construct a cross-border resolution framework is under way.
This, in turn, would bring greater gains from trade, stronger competition, larger cross-border capital flows, lower borrowing costs, and more opportunities for sharing risk, all of which were expected ultimately to boost investment and productivity.
In an era of globalized financial markets, when countries can find it hard to cope with rapid cross-border capital flows, there is no time for complacency. A lesson of the 1990's is that vulnerabilities must be dealt with before they become crises.
Every other emerging market, even in Asia, has eventually had to cross this bridge.
Fortunately, the American Red Cross and other organizations have been following the Rotary model, using private donations and private volunteers to fill the gap left by our political leaders.
Red Cross chapters across Africa, in partnership with other organizations, are now distributing bed nets free of charge to impoverished families, in the same way that Rotary has been distributing polio vaccines.
No region of the world has benefited more from cross-border banking, yet these achievements are now at risk - and with them the European bank groups themselves.
The threat to cross-border banks comes not only from their deteriorating balance sheets in the face of lower sovereign-debt quality and weaker growth prospects, but also from the policy response itself.
John Stuart Mill, in his classic book On Liberty, considered a situation in which a man sets out to cross a bridge that we know is unsafe.
Millions of people in Southeast Asia venture to the Middle East to work, but millions more cross borders within the region.
The bottom chessboard is the realm of transnational relations that cross borders beyond government control.
If orderly treatment of unsecured senior creditors requires a new cross-border regime to close down insolvent European banks, such a regime should be implemented without delay.
Equally important is research into the most effective measures to combat cross-border animal and plant diseases.
The deep cross-border links between financial institutions and the activity of globally active investment banks only took a brief hit from the crisis.
But, without a broadly consistent approach, the authorities risk creating a legal patchwork that would make cross-border banking less efficient, more expensive, and more difficult to conduct.
Combating cross-border terrorism is also an area where the value of EU cooperation ought to be self-evident.
Ominously, in a referendum this month, Danish voters, swayed by similar concerns about refugees and terrorism, rejected proposals for closer cross-border policing cooperation with the EU.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has embarked on a campaign to force President Barack Obama to set a red line that Iran must not cross, lest it risk unleashing an American military response.
A system based on sharia (Islamic law) has been imposed, human-rights abuses are legion, and cross-border movement of weapons and militants has undermined the security of Libya's neighbors.
They devised an electoral system whereby Poles would not vote for candidates of their choice, but would cross out those they did not want - which is to say, each and every communist.
In an era of globalized financial markets, when countries can find it hard to cope with rapid cross-border capital flows, there is no time for complacency.
It raised the stakes for the island's pro-independence camp and increased the risk of a cross-Strait military conflict.
By embarking on a series of mega-dams in its ethnic-minority-populated borderlands, China is seeking to appropriate river waters before they cross its frontiers.

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