crosses
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Definitions ofcrosses
- 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.
Example: "Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one."
- 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).
Example: "Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross."
- (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
- A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
Example: "She made the cross after swearing."
- A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
Example: "She was wearing a cross on her necklace."
- (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
Example: "It's a cross I must bear."
- The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
Example: "A quick cross of the road."
- An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
- 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 coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- Church lands.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
- 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.
- The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- Crossfire.
- To make or form a cross.
- To move relatively.
- (social) To oppose.
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
Example: "They managed to cross a sheep with a goat."
- 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.
- A lacrosse stick.
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