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1. s. 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. | |
Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one. | |
2. s. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross. | |
3. s. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion). | |
Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross. | |
4. s. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified. | |
5. s. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross. | |
She made the cross after swearing. | |
6. s. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion. | |
She was wearing a cross on her necklace. | |
7. s. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured. | |
It's a cross I must bear. | |
8. s. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other | |
A quick cross of the road. | |
9. s. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization. | |
10. s. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind. | |
11. s. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch. | |
12. s. (football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch. | |
13. s. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross). | |
14. s. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross) | |
15. s. (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. | |
16. s. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands. | |
17. s. A line drawn across or through another line. | |
18. s. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. | |
19. s. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle. | |
20. s. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross. | |
21. s. (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card. | |
22. adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction. | |
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows. | |
23. adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to. | |
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness. | |
24. adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for. | |
25. adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed. | |
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job. | |
Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me. | |
26. adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged. | |
cross interrogatories | |
cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other | |
27. prep. (archaic) across | |
She walked cross the mountains. | |
28. prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector. | |
The Lorentz force is q times v cross B. | |
29. v. To make or form a cross. | |
30. v. To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect. | |
She frowned and crossed her arms. | |
31. v. To lay or draw something across, such as a line. | |
to cross the letter t | |
32. v. To mark with an X. | |
Cross the box which applies to you. | |
33. v. To write lines at right angles.W | |
34. v. (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself. | |
35. v. To move relatively. | |
36. v. To go from one side of (something) to the other. | |
Why did the chicken cross the road? | |
You need to cross the street at the lights. | |
37. v. (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another. | |
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way. | |
38. v. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. | |
39. v. (sports) Relative movement by a player or of players. | |
40. v. # (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs. | |
41. v. # (football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side. | |
# He crossed the ball into the penalty area. | |
42. v. # (rugby) To score a try. | |
43. v. (social) To oppose. | |
44. v. To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of. | |
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain. | |
45. v. (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off; to debar. | |
46. v. (legal) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness. | |
47. v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed. | |
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat. | |
48. v. 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. | |