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Defenition of the word cross

    • Defenition of the word cross

      • 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.
      • To go beyond, to pass here.
      • To hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
      • To fold so as to resemble a cross.
      • perversely irritable
      • marking consisting of crossing lines
      • a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry
      • a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
      • meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
      • fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
      • extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"
      • any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
      • to cover a wide area; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
      • the act of mixing different breeds of animals
      • meet at a point
      • to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge."
      • travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
      • (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • trace a line through or across; "cross your `t''"
      • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
      • 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"
      • (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 representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
      • a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
      • any affliction that causes great suffering
      • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
      • trace a line through or across
      • travel across or pass over
      • meet and pass
      • fold so as to resemble a cross
      • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
      • to cover or extend over an area or time period
      • annoyed and irritable
      • extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

    Synonyms for the word cross

      • angry
      • annoy
      • annoyed
      • bad-tempered
      • baffle
      • bilk
      • cantankerous
      • cover
      • crabbed
      • crabby
      • crisscross
      • cross over
      • crossbreeding
      • crossing
      • crown of thorns
      • cut across
      • cut through
      • foil
      • fractious
      • frustrate
      • fussy
      • get across
      • get over
      • go across
      • grouchy
      • grumpy
      • hybridisation
      • hybridization
      • hybridizing
      • ill-tempered
      • impede
      • interbreeding
      • intersect
      • irritable
      • irritated
      • mark
      • obstruct
      • oppose
      • pass over
      • queer
      • resist
      • scotch
      • span
      • spoil
      • sweep
      • thwart
      • thwartwise
      • track
      • transversal
      • transverse
      • traverse

    Similar words in the cross

      • cross
      • cross's
      • crossbar
      • crossbar's
      • crossbarred
      • crossbarring
      • crossbars
      • crossbeam
      • crossbeam's
      • crossbeams
      • crossbones
      • crossbow
      • crossbow's
      • crossbows
      • crossbred
      • crossbreed
      • crossbreeding
      • crossbreeds
      • crosscheck
      • crosschecked
      • crosschecking
      • crosschecks
      • crosser
      • crossest
      • crossfire
      • crossfire's
      • crossfires
      • crossings
      • crossly
      • crossness
      • crossness's
      • crossover
      • crossover's
      • crossovers
      • crosspiece
      • crosspiece's
      • crosspieces
      • crossroad's
      • crosswalk
      • crosswalk's
      • crosswalks
      • crosswise
      • crosswords
      • double cross
      • ill-natured

    Hyponyms for the word cross

      • backcross
      • bridge
      • Calvary cross
      • Celtic cross
      • course
      • crisscross
      • cross
      • cross of Calvary
      • cross of Lorraine
      • crossbred
      • crucifix
      • dash
      • decussate
      • dihybrid
      • dihybrid cross
      • disappoint
      • drive
      • ford
      • Greek cross
      • hop
      • jaywalk
      • Jerusalem cross
      • Latin cross
      • let down
      • Lorraine cross
      • Maltese cross
      • monohybrid
      • monohybrid cross
      • papal cross
      • patriarchal cross
      • reciprocal
      • reciprocal cross
      • rood
      • rood-tree
      • ruin
      • saltire
      • short-circuit
      • St. Andrew's cross
      • St. Anthony's cross
      • stride
      • take
      • tau cross
      • test-cross
      • testcross
      • tramp
      • walk

    Hypernyms for the word cross

      • affliction
      • being
      • breed
      • come across
      • conjugation
      • construction
      • continue
      • coupling
      • cover
      • cross
      • emblem
      • encounter
      • extend
      • fold
      • fold up
      • forbid
      • foreclose
      • foregather
      • forestall
      • forgather
      • go across
      • go through
      • intersect
      • marking
      • mating
      • meet
      • organism
      • pairing
      • pass
      • preclude
      • prevent
      • ran into
      • run across
      • run into
      • see
      • sexual union
      • structure
      • turn up
      • union
      • write

    Antonyms for the word cross

      • uncross

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