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say it: kraws
cross is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "travel across or pass over". It carries 16 recorded senses.
travel across or pass over
“The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day”
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”
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
any affliction that causes great suffering
“that is his cross to bear”
“he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns”
(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 mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey”
genetics
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
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”
annoyed and irritable
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cross come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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