English Explanatory Dictionary

cross

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
  3. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
  5. A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
  6. Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
  7. A difficult situation that must be endured.
  8. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
  9. An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
  10. One element of a hybrid species or type.
  11. A hybrid of any kind.
  12. A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
adj
  1. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
  2. Opposite, opposed to.
  3. Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
  4. (of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.
  5. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
  6. 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.
  7. Dishonest.
prep
  1. Across.
  2. The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
verb
  1. To make or form a cross.
  2. To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
  3. To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
  4. To mark with an X.
  5. To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.( Crossed letter on WikipediaWikipedia )
  6. To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
  7. To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
  8. To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
  9. To move relatively.
  10. To go from one side of (something) to the other.
  11. To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
  12. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
name
  1. The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
  2. A number of places with the name "Cross":
  3. A place in the United Kingdom:
  4. A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).
  5. A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)
  6. A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).
  7. A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).
  8. A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).
  9. A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).
  10. A place in Ireland:
  11. A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
  12. A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.
name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.

Pronunciation

krŏs /kɹɒs/ krôs /kɹɔs/ /kɹɑs/ En-us-cross.ogg En-ca-cross.ogg En-au-cross.ogg [kɹɔ̟s]

Word forms

cross crosses crosser crossest crossing crossed no-table-tags glossary crossedst crosseth

Etymology

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Doublet of crouch (“cross”) and crux. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois. The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century. Cognates *Icelandic kross (“cross”) *Faroese krossur (“cross”) *Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”) *Danish kors (“cross”) *Swedish kors (“cross”) *North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”) *Saterland Frisian Krjuus, Kjus (“cross”) *West Frisian krús (“cross”) *Dutch kruis (“cross”) *German Low German Krüüz (“cross”) *German Kreuz (“cross”)

Synonyms

crucifix sign of the cross hybrid contrarily opposed reverse antipodal angry annoyed irritated cross-fertilize crossbreed Holy Cross True Cross

Related words

across crouched crozier crucial crucifix crucify crusade crux dot × Kreuzer

Derived words

abbot on the cross altar cross Andean cross ansate cross archbishop's cross archiepiscopal cross autocross back cross Bedgebury Cross Brent Cross Bromley Cross Broughton Cross Burgate Cross buttercross Calvary cross Carolingian cross Celtic cross Charing Cross Christian cross Church Cross Clay Cross come home by weeping cross countercross cross aisle cross and pile crossarm cross assembler cross axle crossback crossbeak cross bearer cross bike crossbill crossbite cross-bone crossbones cross bore cross bottony crossbow cross brace cross channel cross check Cross City cross compiler cross country cross cousin cross cove Cross Creek cross crosslet cross dowel cross file crossfish cross flory cross fox cross gamma Cross Gates Cross Green crosshair cross handle Cross Hands

Translations

Danish: krydse Danish: korse sig Danish: gøre korsets tegn French: croiser French: faire le signe de la croix French: se signer Galician: cruzar Galician: encrucillar Galician: persignar Hungarian: keresztez Hungarian: keresztbe tesz Hungarian: keresztbe rak Hungarian: összefon Hungarian: keresztet vet Italian: incrociare Spanish: cruzar Spanish: santiguarse Spanish: persignarse Belarusian: хрысці́цца Belarusian: перахрысці́цца Bulgarian: кръ́стя се Finnish: tehdä ristinmerkki German: sich bekreuzigen Greek: σταυροκοπιέμαι Japanese: 十字を切る Macedonian: се крсти Macedonian: се прекрстува Macedonian: се прекрсти Portuguese: persignar-se Portuguese: fazer o sinal da cruz Romanian: cruci Romanian: închina Russian: крести́ться Russian: перекрести́ться Serbo-Croatian: прекри́жити се Serbo-Croatian: prekrížiti se Slovene: se prekrižati Swedish: göra korstecknet Ukrainian: хрести́тися Ukrainian: перехрести́тися Yup'ik: puusuq
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