(Christianity) Alternative spelling of cross; sometimes used when referring to the historical cross on which Jesus died.
A proper noun "cross" refers to various settlements and communities located in scotland, england, ireland, and the united states.
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
(Christianity) Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.
(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
(soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
A line drawn across or through another line.
(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
(slang) crossfire.
To make or form a cross by placing something across or athwart, intersecting, marking with an x, writing lines of text at right angles, or making the sign of the cross over oneself or something/someone.
Move from one side of something to the other, travel in a direction that intersects with another, pass objects going in the opposite direction at the same time, and move in relation to other players in sports such as cricket, soccer, or rugby.
(social) Oppose, contradict, frustrate plans, conduct a cross examination, question a hostile witness.
(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
(transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
(now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
(chiefly Britain) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
(nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.