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▸ noun: (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
▸ noun: A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
▸ noun: (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the Cross.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Any representation of the Crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelery, etc.
▸ noun: (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
▸ noun: The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
▸ noun: (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
▸ noun: (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
▸ noun: (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
▸ noun: (soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
▸ noun: A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
▸ noun: A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
▸ noun: (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
▸ noun: (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
▸ noun: A line across or through another line.
▸ noun: (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
▸ noun: A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
▸ noun: (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
▸ noun: (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
▸ noun: (slang) Crossfire.
▸ adjective: Transverse; lying across the main direction.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
▸ adjective: (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
▸ adjective: (chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
▸ adjective: Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
▸ adjective: (nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
▸ verb: To make or form a cross.
▸ verb: To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
▸ verb: To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
▸ verb: To mark with an X.
▸ verb: To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ
▸ verb: (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
▸ verb: (UK, Oxford University, slang, obsolete, transitive) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
▸ verb: To move relatively.
▸ verb: (transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
▸ verb: (sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.
▸ verb: (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
▸ verb: (soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
▸ verb: (rugby) To score a try.
▸ verb: (social) To oppose.
▸ verb: (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
▸ verb: (law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
▸ verb: (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
▸ verb: (transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
▸ noun: (Christianity) The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
▸ noun: A number of places with the name "Cross":
▸ noun: A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
▸ noun: A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
▸ noun: A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
▸ noun: A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
▸ noun: A hamlet north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
▸ noun: A village in Compton Bishop parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4154).
▸ noun: A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
▸ noun: A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
▸ noun: A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines
▸ noun: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Alternative form of Cross The Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified.
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crosswise,
crisscross,
transversal,
crown of thorns,
FOIL,
cover,
span,
traverse,
cut across,
track,
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