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say it: kraws
cross is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "travel across or pass over". It is pronounced /ˈkɹɔs/ — kraws. 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.
genetics