cross




cross - noun

  • a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
  • a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
  • a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
  • any affliction that causes great suffering
  • (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
  • (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

    • cross - verb

    • travel across or pass over
    • meet at a point
    • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    • fold so as to resemble a cross
    • to cover or extend over an area or time period
    • meet and pass
    • trace a line through or across
    • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

    cross - adjective

    • extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
    • annoyed and irritable

    cross - thesaurus

    baffle   bilk   cover   crabbed   crabby   crisscross   crossbreed   crossbreeding   crossing   foil   frustrate   fussy   grouchy   grumpy   hybrid   hybridisation   hybridise British English spelling   hybridization   hybridize American English spelling   hybridizing American English spelling   interbreed   interbreeding   intersect   mark   queer   scotch   span   spoil   sweep   thwart   thwartwise   track   transversal   transverse   traverse  


    View spelling list ss words and learn about the word cross in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 2. Spelling the consonant sounds, Part 1.

    Scrabble score for cross

    c is 3 r is 1 o is 1 s is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

    generated at 13:23:10 on 13-08-24

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