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cross::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intersect |
| Type of | meet, run into, run across, see, come across, encounter |
| Derivation | crossing |
cross::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
cross members should be all steel.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| Type of | pass |
| Has types | course, crisscross, stride, take, tramp, walk, jaywalk, ford, hop, bridge, drive |
| Derivation | crossing |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| Derivation | crossness |
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crown of thorns |
| Type of | affliction |
that is his cross to bear.
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crisscross, mark |
| Type of | marking |
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
| Type of | coupling, pairing, sexual union, mating, union, conjugation |
| Has types | test-cross, reciprocal cross, dihybrid cross, reciprocal, testcross, monohybrid cross |
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crossbreed, hybrid |
| Type of | being, organism |
| Has types | dihybrid, monohybrid |
a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.
cross::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
| Type of | breed |
| Has types | backcross |
| Derivation | crossing |
cross a horse and a donkey.
Mendel tried crossbreeding.
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | emblem |
| Has types | cross of lorraine, crucifix, tau cross, patriarchal cross, calvary cross, celtic cross, cross of calvary, maltese cross, rood, papal cross, st. anthony's cross, st. andrew's cross, saltire, rood-tree, greek cross, jerusalem cross, latin cross, lorraine cross |
cross::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | structure, construction |
Examples of cross
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Out of the box spews a loud cross-talk of invective, venom, tirade and diatribe.
From the thenewstribune.com
The club's custom flag, Pat recalled, merged the Stars and Stripes with a cross.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Wesley Lara took a nice cross from Alan Mendoza, but his shot hit the near post.
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Called Solitaire Chess, the game is a cross between a puzzle and standard chess.
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There are very few parasites or diseases that cross species from dogs to humans.
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It's estimated that as many as 40,000 people cross this border region every day.
From the edition.cnn.com
It also eliminates the need for volunteers to cross through the runners to help.
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However, the cross-marketing efforts haven't been enough to boost sales of late.
From the forbes.com
Equally alarming is the roster of victims, a cross-section of American business.
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- A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- Cross(a): 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"
- Traverse: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
- Crabbed: annoyed and irritable
- Crisscross: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- Intersect: meet at a point
- In boxing, a cross (also commonly called a "straight") is a power-punch like the uppercut and hook. Compubox, a computerized punch scoring system, counts the cross as a power-punch.
- A cross is the decoration located at the highest level of a crown on top of the monde. Its usage traditionally symbolised the Christian nature of the monarchy of that country, though not all crowns even in monarchies associated with Christianity used a cross as its top decoration, with some ...
- Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead. ...
