cross

Adjective

• annoyed and irritable

• 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
    

Verb

• 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
    

• trace a line through or across
  • cross your `t'
    

• meet and pass
  • the trains crossed
    

• to cover or extend over an area or time period
  • Rivers traverse the valley floor, The parking lot spans 3 acres
    
  • The novel spans three centuries
    

• fold so as to resemble a cross
  • she crossed her legs
    

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
    
  • foil your opponent
    

• meet at a point

• travel across or pass over
  • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
    

Noun

• (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

• (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
    

• any affliction that causes great suffering
  • that is his cross to bear
    
  • he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
    

• a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

• a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crabbed , crabby , fussy , grouchy , grumpy , bad-tempered , ill-tempered , cross(a) , transverse , transversal , thwartwise , crossbreed , hybridize , hybridise , interbreed , traverse , span , sweep , thwart , queer , spoil , scotch , foil , frustrate , baffle , bilk , intersect , track , cover , pass over , get