Meaning of cross in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /krɔs/

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  1. Verb

    cross

    Definitions

    1. travel across or pass over

    Examples

    • « The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day »
  2. 2. meet at a point
  3. 3. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

    Examples

    • « What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge »
    • « foil your opponent »
  4. 4. fold so as to resemble a cross

    Examples

    • « she crossed her legs »

    Antonyms

  5. 5. to cover or extend over an area or time period

    Examples

    • « Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres »
    • « The novel spans three centuries »
  6. 6. meet and pass

    Examples

    • « the trains crossed »
  7. 7. trace a line through or across

    Examples

    • « cross your 't' »
  8. 8. breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

    Examples

    • « cross a horse and a donkey »
    • « Mendel tried crossbreeding »
    • « these species do not interbreed »

  9. Classifying Adjective

    cross

    Definitions

    1. perversely irritable

    Synonyms

  10. Noun

    cross

    Etymology

    late Old English (in the sense ‘monument in the form of a cross’): from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux

    Definitions

    1. a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
  11. 2. marking consisting of crossing lines
  12. 3. a cross as an emblem of Christianity

    Examples

    • « used in heraldry »
  13. 4. any affliction that causes great suffering

    Examples

    • « that is his cross to bear »
    • « he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns »
  14. 5. an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  15. 6. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids