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How to pronounce cross in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms intersect
Type of meet, run into, run across, see, come across, encounter
Derivation crossing
Type Words
Synonyms span, sweep, traverse
Type of continue, extend, cover
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
Type Words
Synonyms crown of thorns
Type of affliction


that is his cross to bear.
Type Words
Synonyms crisscross, mark
Type of marking
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
Type Words
Synonyms baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
Type of preclude, forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent
Has types ruin, let down, dash, disappoint, short-circuit
Type Words
Synonyms crossbreed, hybrid
Type of being, organism
Has types dihybrid, monohybrid


a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.
Type Words
Synonyms crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed
Type of breed
Has types backcross
Derivation crossing


cross a horse and a donkey.
Mendel tried crossbreeding.
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
Type Words
Type of structure, construction
Type Words
Type of fold, turn up, fold up


she crossed her legs.
Type Words
Type of intersect
Has types decussate


the trains crossed.
Type Words
Type of write


cross your `t'.

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.
From the chron.com
Called Solitaire Chess, the game is a cross between a puzzle and standard chess.
From the techcrunch.com
There are very few parasites or diseases that cross species from dogs to humans.
From the latimes.com
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.
From the freep.com
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.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • 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. ...