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What (who) is cross - definition
GEOMETRICAL FIGURE
Cross (symbol); Cross symbol; ✚; ✙; ✛; ✜; ✢; ✥; Furca (punishment); Furca (gallows); Furca (gibbet); Cross sign
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![[[Archaic cuneiform]] character LAK-617 (𒔁): a cruciform arrangement of five boxes; scribes could use the central, larger box as container for other characters.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LAK-617.png?width=200 "[[Archaic cuneiform]] character LAK-617 (𒔁): a cruciform arrangement of five boxes; scribes could use the central, larger box as container for other characters.")
![Bronze Age "wheel pendants" in the shape of the "[[sun cross]]" ([[Urnfield culture]], 2nd millennium BC).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radanhaenger-edited.jpg?width=200 "Bronze Age \"wheel pendants\" in the shape of the \"[[sun cross]]\" ([[Urnfield culture]], 2nd millennium BC).")
![solidus]] minted by [[Leontios]] (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an [[Iota Eta]] monogram.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solidus-Leontinus-sb1330.jpg?width=200 "solidus]] minted by [[Leontios]] (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an [[Iota Eta]] monogram.")
cross
I
adj.
irritable
cross at, with (cross at smt.; cross with smb.)
II
n.
symbol of the Christian religion
1) to die on the cross (said of Jesus Christ)
2) to bear one's cross ('to bear a heavy burden')
3) to make the sign of the cross
figure of a cross
4) to make one's cross (in place of a signature)
5) a Greek; Latin; Maltese cross
mixture
6) a cross between (a cross between two breeds)
III
v.
1) (D; intr., tr.) ('to go') to cross from; to (they crossed from one bank of the river to the other; we crossed the valley from one ridge to the other)
2) (D; tr.) ('to breed') to cross with (to cross one breed with another)
cross
I. VERB AND NOUN USES
(crosses, crossing, crossed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
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1.
If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
She was partly to blame for failing to look as she crossed the road...
Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum...
Egan crossed to the drinks cabinet and poured a Scotch.
VERB: V n, V n, V to/into n, also V adv/prep
2.
A road, railway, or bridge that crosses an area of land or water passes over it.
The Defford to Eckington road crosses the river half a mile outside Eckington.
VERB: V n
3.
Lines or roads that cross meet and go across each other.
...the intersection where Main and Center streets cross...
It is near where the pilgrimage route crosses the road to Quimper.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n
4.
If someone or something crosses a limit or boundary, for example the limit of acceptable behaviour, they go beyond it.
I normally never write into magazines but Mr Stubbs has finally crossed the line...
VERB: V n
5.
If an expression crosses someone's face, it appears briefly on their face. (WRITTEN)
Berg tilts his head and a mischievous look crosses his face...
VERB: V n
6.
A cross is a shape that consists of a vertical line or piece with a shorter horizontal line or piece across it. It is the most important Christian symbol.
Round her neck was a cross on a silver chain...
N-COUNT
7.
If Christians cross themselves, they make the sign of a cross by moving their hand across the top half of their body.
'Holy Mother of God!' Marco crossed himself.
VERB: V pron-refl
8.
If you describe something as a cross that someone has to bear, you mean it is a problem or disadvantage which they have to deal with or bear.
My wife is much cleverer than me; it is a cross I have to bear.
= burden
N-COUNT
9.
A cross is a written mark in the shape of an X. You can use it, for example, to indicate that an answer to a question is wrong, to mark the position of something on a map, or to indicate your vote on a ballot paper.
Put a tick next to those activities you like and a cross next to those you dislike.
N-COUNT
10.
If a cheque is crossed, two parallel lines are drawn across it or printed on it to indicate that it must be paid into a bank account and cannot be cashed. (BRIT)
Cheques/postal orders should be crossed and made payable to Newmarket Promotions.
...a crossed cheque.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
11.
If you cross your arms, legs, or fingers, you put one of them on top of the other.
Jill crossed her legs and rested her chin on one fist, as if lost in deep thought...
He was sitting there in the living room with his legs crossed.
VERB: V n, V-ed
12.
If you cross someone who is likely to get angry, you oppose them or refuse to do what they want.
If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished.
VERB: V n
13.
Something that is a cross between two things is neither one thing nor the other, but a mixture of both.
It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever.
N-SING: a N between pl-n
14.
In some team sports such as football and hockey, a cross is the passing of the ball from the side of the field to a player in the centre, usually in front of the goal.
Le Tissier hit an accurate cross to Groves.
N-COUNT
15.
A cross street is a road that crosses another more important road. (AM)
The Army boys had personnel carriers blockading the cross streets.
ADJ: ADJ n
16.
see also crossing
II. ADJECTIVE USE
(crosser, crossest)
Someone who is cross is rather angry or irritated.
I'm terribly cross with him...
She was rather cross about having to trail across London.
= annoyed
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• crossly
'No, no, no,' Morris said crossly.
ADV: ADV with v
cross
¦ noun
1. a mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ?).
2. an upright post with a transverse bar, as used in antiquity for crucifixion.
(the Cross) the cross on which Christ was crucified.
3. a thing that is unavoidable and has to be endured: she's just a cross we have to bear.
4. a cross-shaped decoration awarded for personal valour or indicating rank in some orders of knighthood.
5. an animal or plant resulting from cross-breeding; a hybrid.
(a cross between) a mixture or compromise of two things.
6. (in soccer) a pass of the ball across the field towards the centre close to one's opponents' goal.
7. (in boxing) a blow given with a crosswise movement of the fist.
¦ verb
1. go or extend across or to the other side of (a path, obstacle, or area).
(cross over) (of an artist) begin to appeal to a wider audience.
2. pass in an opposite or different direction; intersect.
place crosswise: Michele crossed her arms.
3. draw a line or lines across; mark with a cross.
Brit. mark or annotate (a cheque), typically with a pair of parallel lines, to indicate that it must be paid into a named bank account.
(cross something off) delete an item on a list.
(cross something out/through) delete a word or phrase by drawing a line through it.
4. (cross oneself) make the sign of the cross in front of one's chest as a sign of Christian reverence or to invoke divine protection.
5. Soccer pass (the ball) across the field towards the centre when attacking.
6. cause (an animal of one species, breed, or variety) to interbreed with one of another.
cross-fertilize (a plant).
7. oppose or stand in the way of.
¦ adjective annoyed.
Phrases
at cross purposes misunderstanding or having different aims from one another.
cross one's fingers put one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good luck.
cross the floor Brit. join the opposing side in Parliament.
cross my heart (and hope to die) used to emphasize the truthfulness and sincerity of what one is saying.
cross someone's palm with silver often humorous pay someone for a favour or service, especially having one's fortune told.
cross swords have an argument or dispute.
crossed line a telephone connection that has been wrongly made with the result that another call can be heard.
get one's wires (or lines) crossed have a misunderstanding.
Derivatives
crosser noun
crossly adverb
crossness noun
Origin
OE: from ON kross, from Old Ir. cros, from L. crux.
Wikipedia
Cross
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology.
The cross has been widely recognized as a symbol of Christianity from an early period. Before then, it was a pagan religious symbol throughout Europe and western Asia. The effigy of a man hanging on a cross was set up in the fields to protect the crops. It often appeared in conjunction with the female-genital circle or oval, to signify the sacred marriage, as in Egyptian amulet Nefer with male cross and female orb, considered as an amulet of blessedness, a charm of sexual harmony.
Examples of use of cross
1. A labrador Joint second came a labrador–collie cross, a labrador–golden retriever cross, a Jack Russell–cocker spaniel cross, a German shepherd–labrador cross, and a lhasa apso–poodle cross.
2. Do you think that Turkey has a legitimate right to stage a cross–country –– cross–country offensive –– cross–border offensive?
3. Women can also cross in both directions to get married _ but they cannot cross back.
4. The west is a cross and Romans are the owners of the cross.
5. The cross–examination of Arnon was completed, and the examination and cross–examination of Piotrkowsky began.