Usually means: Symbol, structure intersecting at right angles.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word cross:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cross, cross, the Cross, the cross: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cross, cross-, the Cross: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cross: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cross, cross-, the Cross: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cross, cross: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cross, cross: Wordnik
  7. cross, cross-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cross, -cross, cross, cross-: Wiktionary
  9. cross, cross-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cross: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cross: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cross, cross-, the cross: Dictionary.com
  13. cross: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cross: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cross (City Harvest Church album), Cross (EP), Cross (Justice album), Cross (Luna Sea album), Cross (TV series), Cross (association football), Cross (boxing), Cross (disambiguation), Cross (football), Cross (heraldry), Cross (manga), Cross (novel), Cross (pens), Cross (plant), Cross (studio), Cross (surname), Cross (symbol), Cross, The Cross (Prince song), The Cross (band), The Cross (nightclub), The Cross: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cross: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cross: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. cross: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Cross: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  20. Cross, Cross, Cross: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. cross: Free Dictionary
  22. cross: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. The Cross, cross, cross-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. cross: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. cross: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  26. cross: Rhymezone

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Cross: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Cross: Investopedia
  6. Cross (heraldry), Cross (symbol), The Cross, cross: Legal dictionary
  7. Cross (heraldry), Cross (symbol), The Cross, cross: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cross (execution), Cross (heraldry), Cross (symbol), The Cross, cross: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cross (heraldry), Cross (symbol), The Cross, cross: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. CROSS: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. The Cross, cross: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cross: Easton Bible
  2. Cross: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ORCHID GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  2. Cross: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross, cross: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. c.ross, cross, the cross: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Landscape Irrigation Terms (No longer online)
  3. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
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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