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CROSS

Definition:

1. [noun] a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
   
   
2. [noun] marking consisting of crossing lines
   Synonyms: crissmark
   
   
3. [noun] a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry
   
   
4. [noun] any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
   Synonyms: crown of thorns
   
   
5. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: hybrid, breed
   
   
6. [noun] (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
   Synonyms: hybridization, hybridisation, breeding, ing, interbreeding, hybridizing
   
   
7. [verb] travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
   Synonyms: traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get acut through, cut a
   
   
8. [verb] meet at a point
   Synonyms: intersect
   
   
9. [verb] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
   Synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk
   
   
10. [verb] fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
    
    
11. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: traverse, span, sweep
    
    
12. [verb] meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
    
    
13. [verb] trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"
    
    
14. [verb] 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"
    Synonyms: breed, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
    
    
15. [adjective] extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
    Synonyms: transverse, transversal, thwartwise
    
    
16. [adjective] perversely irritable
    Synonyms: crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
    
    

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Related Words:

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

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