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| Sounds | krao's |
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| Rhymes | across, applesauce, boss, and 18 more rhymes in aos... |
| Meaning | Extending or lying across. In a crosswise direction. At right angles to the long axis. |
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| Examples | "cross members should be all steel" |
| Synonyms | transverse, transversal, thwartwise |
| Similar to | crosswise |
| Meaning | Perversely irritable. |
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| Synonyms | crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered |
| Similar to | ill-natured |
| Nouns | crossness |
| Adverbs | crossly |
| Meaning | A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. |
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| Broader | structure, construction |
| Meaning | A marking that consists of lines that cross each other. |
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| Synonyms | crisscross, mark |
| Broader | marking |
| Verbs | cross |
| Meaning | A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified. Used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry. |
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| Broader | emblem |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Meaning | Any affliction that causes great suffering. |
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| Examples | "that is his cross to bear" |
| Synonyms | crown of thorns |
| Broader | affliction |
| Verbs | cross |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Examples | "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" |
| Synonyms | hybrid, crossbreed |
| Broader | organism, being |
| Narrower | crossbred; dihybrid; monohybrid |
| Verbs | cross |
| Meaning | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. |
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| Synonyms | hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, interbreeding, hybridizing |
| Category | genetics, genetic science |
| Broader | coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union |
| Narrower | dihybrid cross; monohybrid cross; reciprocal cross, reciprocal; testcross, test-cross |
| Verbs | cross |
| Meaning | Travel across or pass over. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | These men cross the river |
| Synonyms | traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across |
| Broader | pass, go through, go across |
| Narrower | tramp; stride; walk; crisscross; ford; bridge; jaywalk; drive, take; course; hop |
| Nouns | crossing; crossing; crossing |
| Meaning | Meet at a point. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | Our properties cross at this point; His fields cross mine at this point |
| Synonyms | intersect |
| Broader | meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see |
| Narrower | cross |
| Nouns | crossing; crossing |
| Meaning | Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | Sam cannot cross Sue |
| Synonyms | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid |
| See also | double cross |
| Narrower | disappoint, let down; dash; short-circuit; ruin |
| Nouns | cross |
| Meaning | Fold so as to resemble a cross. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "she crossed her legs" |
| Contrary | uncross |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up |
| Meaning | To cover or extend over an area or time period. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | traverse, span, sweep |
| Broader | cover, continue, extend |
| Meaning | Meet and pass. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "the trains crossed" |
| Broader | intersect, cross |
| Narrower | decussate |
| Meaning | Trace a line through or across. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "cross your `t'" |
| Broader | write |
| Nouns | cross |
| Meaning | Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding" |
| Synonyms | crossbreed, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed |
| Broader | breed |
| Nouns | cross; crossing, cross |
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