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Definition: Cross

Cross

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Perversely irritable.

Noun

1. A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece.

2. Marking consisting of crossing lines.

3. A cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry.

4. Any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns".

5. The act of mixing different breeds of animals.

Verb

1. Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day".

2. Meet at a point.

3. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent".

4. Fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs".

5. To cover a wide area; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres".

6. Meet and pass; "the trains crossed".

7. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cross" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Cross \Cross\, preposition Athwart; across. [Archaic or Colloquial]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Cross

DomainDefinition

Satire

CROSS, n. An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significance to the most solemn event in the history of Christianity, but really antedating it by thousands of years. By many it has been believed to be identical with the crux ansata of the ancient phallic worship, but it has been traced even beyond all that we know of that, to the rites of primitive peoples. We have to-day the White Cross as a symbol of chastity, and the Red Cross as a badge of benevolent neutrality in war. Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following: "Be good, be good!" the sisterhood Cry out in holy chorus, And, to dissuade from sin, parade Their various charms before us. But why, O why, has ne'er an eye Seen her of winsome manner And youthful grace and pretty face Flaunting the White Cross banner? Now where's the need of speech and screed To better our behaving? A simpler plan for saving man (But, first, is he worth saving?) Is, dears, when he declines to flee From bad thoughts that beset him, Ignores the Law as 't were a straw, And wants to sin -- don't let him. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Bible

Cross in the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ itself (Eph. 2:16; Heb. 12:2; 1 Cor. 1:17, 18; Gal. 5:11; 6:12, 14; Phil. 3:18). The word is also used to denote any severe affliction or trial (Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34; 10:21). The forms in which the cross is represented are these: 1. The crux simplex (I), a "single piece without transom." 2. The crux decussata (X), or St. Andrew's cross. 3. The crux commissa (T), or St. Anthony's cross. 4. The crux immissa (t), or Latin cross, which was the kind of cross on which our Saviour died. Above our Lord's head, on the projecting beam, was placed the "title." (See CRUCIFIXION.) After the conversion, so-called, of Constantine the Great (B.C. 313), the cross first came into use as an emblem of Christianity. He pretended at a critical moment that he saw a flaming cross in the heavens bearing the inscription, "In hoc signo vinces", i.e., By this sign thou shalt conquer, and that on the following night Christ himself appeared and ordered him to take for his standard the sign of this cross. In this form a new standard, called the Labarum, was accordingly made, and borne by the Roman armies. It remained the standard of the Roman army till the downfall of the Western empire. It bore the embroidered monogram of Christ, i.e., the first two Greek letters of his name, X and P (chi and rho), with the Alpha and Omega. (See A.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Building & Civil Engineering

A fitting in the form of Tee installed in the pipeline system to guide flow of water in more than one direction in main line or sprinkler line ; a three port fitting in the form of a T ; a short length of tubing(pipe fitting)with an additional opening serving to connect three adjacent lenghts of conduit, two being in line with one another and the third at an angle of 90 degrees to the other two. Source: European Union. (references)

Dream Interpretation

To dream of seeing a cross, indicates trouble ahead for you. Shape your affairs accordingly.
To dream of seeing a person bearing a cross, you will be called on by missionaries to aid in charities. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Cross The cross is said to have been made of four sorts of wood (palm, cedar, olive, and cypress), to signify the four quarters of the globe.
"Ligna crucis palma, cedrus, cupressus,oliva."
We are accustomed to consider the sign of the cross as wholly a Christian symbol, originating with the crucifixion of our Redeemer. This is quite erroneous. In ancient Carthage it was used for ornamental purposes. Runic crosses were set up by the Scandinavians as boundary marks, and were erected over the graves of kings and heroes. Cicero tells us (De Divinatione, ii. 27, and 80, 81) that the augur's staff with which they marked out the heaven was a cross. The ancient Egyptians employed the same as a sacred symbol, and we see on Greek sculptures, etc., a cake with a cross; two such buns were discovered at Herculaneum.
It was a sacred symbol among the Aztecs long before the landing of Cortes. (Malinche. In Cozumel it was an object of worship; in Tabasco it symbolised the god of rain; in Palinque (the Palmyra of America) it is sculptured on the walls with a child held up adoring it.
"The cross is not only a Christian symbol, it was also a Mexican symbol. It was one of the emblems of Quetzalcoatl, as lord of the four cardinal points, and the four winds that blow therefrom." - Fiske: Discovery of America, vol. ii. chap. viii. p. 250.)
Cross (in heraldry). There are twelve crosses in heraldry, called (1) the ordinary cross; (2) the cross humetté, or couped; (3) the cross urdé, or pointed; (4) the cross potent; (5) the cross crosslet; (6) the cross botonné, or treflé; (7) the cross moline; (8) the cross potence; (9) the cross fleury; (10) the cross patê; (11) the Maltese cross (or eight-pointed cross); (12) the cross cleché and fitché. Some heraldic writers enumerate 285 different kinds of crosses.
Cross (a mystic emblem) may be reduced to these four:
The Greek cross , found on Assyrian tablets, Egyptian and Persian monuments, and on Etruscan pottery.
The crux decussata , generally called St. Andrew's cross. Quite common in ancient sculpture.
The Latin cross , or "crux immissa." This symbol is also found on coins, monuments, and medals, long before the Christian era.
The tau cross , or "crux commissa." Very ancient indeed, and supposed to be a phallic emblem.
The tau cross with a handle is common to several Egyptian deities, as Isis, Osiris, etc.; and is the emblem of immortality and life generally.
Everyone must bear his own cross. His own burden or troubles. The allusion is to the law that the person condemned to be crucified was to carry his cross to the place of execution.
Get on the cross. Get into bad ways; not go straight.
"It's hard lines to think a fellow must grow up and get on the cross in spite of himself, and come to the gallow's foot at last,whether he likes it or not." - Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. viii.
The judgment of the cross. An ordeal instituted in the reign of Charlemagne. The plaintiff and defendant were required to cross their arms upon their breast, and he who could hold out the longest gained the suit.
On the cross. Not "on the square," not straightforward. To get anything "on the cross" is to get it unfairly or surreptitiously.
See Rosicrucians.
Cross (To).
Cross it off or out. Cancel it by running your pen across it. To cancel (q.v.) means to mark it with lattice lines.
Cross ill-tempered, is the Anglo-Saxon crous.
"Azeyn [against] hem was he kene and crous."
Cursor Mundi. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mechanical Engineering

A cruciform pipe fitting connecting four pipe ends, generally at right angles to one another. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

See:crosscut. (references)

Slang in 1811

CROSS. To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Sports & Leisure

The general appearance of the --, or --, has been described above. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Christian cross

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Latin cross.

The Christian cross is a familiar religious symbol of Christianity. Its significance lies in the belief that Jesus Christ was executed by the governor of Judea on a large wooden cross. According to the New Testament Gospels, the manner of Christ's death was crucifixion, which involved being tied or (in Christ's case) nailed to the cross, and left to die. This painful method of execution was common for slaves and non-Romans convicted of serious crimes in the Roman Empire at the time.

During the first three centuries of Christianity, the cross was absent from Christian imagery. The Chi-Rho monogram, which was adopted by the emperor Constantine in the fourth century as his banner called the labarum, was an Early Christian symbol of wider use. The Cross first became prominent in Christian imagery during the 3rd century. An early third century reference (there are few others) is in Clement of Alexandria's unfinished Stromateis or 'Miscellanies' (book VI): he speaks of the Cross as tou Kyriakou semeiou typon, i.e. "the symbol of the Lord." His contemporary Tertullian could designate the body of Christian believers as crucis religiosi, i.e. "devotees of the Cross" (Apol., chapter xvi).

The Cross was the first of the Instruments of the Passion that came to be venerated in the form of relics. In time, even the nails that were used to nail Christ to the cross would be sought out, discovered, elaborately mounted as relics, and venerated in Catholic circles. A nail, said to be one of these, is mounted in the Iron Crown of Lombardy, preserved in the cathedral of the former Lombard capital, Monza.

In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the cross represents Christ's victory over death and sin, since it is believed that through His death he conquered death itself. Catholic and Orthodox Christians often make the sign of the cross by moving their right hand so as to draw a cross upon themselves. Making the sign of the cross was already a common Christian practice in the time of Augustine. One of the twelve great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church is the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14, which commemorates the consecration of the basilica on the site where the (allegedly) original cross was discovered in 326 by Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. In the Catholic Church the comparable feast is the Invention of the Cross, celebrated on May 3.

Numerous relics are claimed to be pieces of the True Cross, often brought to Europe during the Crusades. By the 16th century, skepticism surfaced: Erasmus joked that one could build a ship with all that wood. Santo Toribio de Liébana in Spain holds the biggest of these pieces and is one of the most privileged pilgrimage sites for the Catholic Church. Even a large portion of the cross of the 'good thief' crucified with Jesus (who came to be given the name Dismas in medieval legend) has been recovered; it is reverenced at Rome in the altar of the Chapel of the Relics at the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.

Connected with the cross is the medieval legend of the Tree of Jesse, from the wood of which the cross was said to have been fashioned.

The cross is often shown in different shapes and sizes, in many different styles. It may be used in personal jewelry, or used on top of church buildings. It is shown both empty, and with the body of Christ (corpus) nailed to it, in which case it is typically called a crucifix. Roman Catholic depictions of the cross are often crucifixes, in order to emphasize Christ's sacrifice; but many Protestant traditions depict the cross without the corpus, in order to emphasize the resurrection.

Crosses are a prominent feature of Christian cemeteries, either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stellas. Because of this death meaning, planting small crosses is sometimes used in countries of Christian culture to protest for alleged deaths. Crosses have been erected or carved on pagan sites of worship like mountain tops or menhirs to counter their influences. In Catholic countries, crosses are often erected on the peaks of prominent mountains, such as the Zugspitze, Switzerland, so as to be visible over the entire surrounding area.

Perhaps the best-known form of the Christian cross is that depicted here, called the Latin cross, an equal-armed cross with a longer foot. It may be so called because it is the type of cross used in the Latin (Roman Catholic) church, as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox cross.

Other forms of the Christian cross include:

Many other forms of cross are used as symbols of the Christian faith in heraldry. See cross (heraldry).

See also: Christian symbolism

Compare the crossed circle of the Norse god Odin. 'Cross' itself is a word taken from Old Norse, which supplanted the former word 'rood' in Old English. See Roodmas, Rood screen, Rood loft.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Christian cross."

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Cross

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Two common crosses.
The bent cross.

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars crossing each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. It is one of the most ancient human symbols and crosses are symbols of many religions.

Crosses as markings

Crosses as emblems

Crosses as symbols

Crosses in flags

Several flags have Crosses, especially Nordic ones.

Constellation

The Southern Cross is a constellation of the Southern Hemisphere.

See also

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Cross, Wisconsin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Cross is a town located in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 366.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 97.6 km² (37.7 mi²). 97.6 km² (37.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 366 people, 127 households, and 105 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.8/km² (9.7/mi²). There are 141 housing units at an average density of 1.4/km² (3.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.18% White, 0.00% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 1.37% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 127 households out of which 41.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% are married couples living together, 3.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% are non-families. 15.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.88 and the average family size is 3.12. In the town the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $50,500, and the median income for a family is $52,708. Males have a median income of $32,188 versus $21,667 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,625. 4.1% of the population and 6.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cross, Wisconsin."

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Crucifixion

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Crucifixion is a method of execution in which the victim is nailed or tied—usually naked—to a large wooden cross (crucifix) and left to hang there until dead. Simply binding the victim's limbs to the cross with rope is thought to have been the most common method; nailing the victim to the cross was reserved for especially serious cases. Death may come by exposure, but more often it comes by way of suffocation: as the victim becomes weaker, they cannot support their body's weight and their lungs become laboriously constricted.

Contrary to popular religious depictions of crucifixion, victims were never nailed to the cross through the palms of the hands without the wrists being tied to the cross arm as the flesh of the hands cannot support the victim's entire body weight; the person would simply fall off. If not nailed through the hand, the stake would have been driven through the wrist (between the radia and the ulna) by tapered iron spikes approximately 5 to 7 in (13 to 18 cm) long with a square shaft 3/8 in (1 cm) across.

There can be several contributing causes of death by crucifixion: physical shock, dehydration, exhaustion, asphyxiation due to collapse of chest muscles, and loss of blood. Death could come in hours or days, depending on exact methods, the prisoner's health and environmental circumstances.

Crucifixion probably originated with ancient Persians. There is evidence that captured pirates were crucified in the port of Athens in the 7th century BC. Alexander the Great introduced the practice throughout his empire. He once crucified a general that disagreed with his campaign plans.


The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, by Matthias Grunewald

The Romans

Romans adopted the custom from Carthage and used it for rebels, slaves and especially despised enemies or criminals. They used it during Spartacus rebellion, during the Roman Civil War and the destruction of Jerusalem. Crucifixion was considered a dishonourable way to die.

The prisoner usually had to carry the horizontal beam to the place of execution, not necessarily the whole cross. If the crucifixion happened in an established place of execution, the vertical beam was probably permanently embedded in the ground.

The Romans often broke the prisoner's legs to hasten death. Burial afterwards was not usually permitted. In some cases, the nails were gathered afterwards and used as healing amulets.

The Roman Empire abolished crucifixion when Christianity became the state religion. Some medieval Muslim rulers used it sporadically.

Medieval Japan

The Japanese method of crucification, used before and during the Tokugawa Shogunate, was different. The victim — usually a sentenced criminal — was hoisted upon a T-shaped cross. Then, executioners killed him with spears. The body was left to hang for a time before burial.

Mesoamerica

There were some reports that after the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, in some places where Christianity had been introduced in as yet only an incomplete and superficial way, there were incidents of natives performing human sacrifice by crucifiction.

Modern crucifixions

Crucifixion, while rare in recent times, has been used in recent wars, such as in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and during the Sino-Japanese war, where it was used among the many methods of torture and execution used by Japanese soldiers against Chinese civilians--largely in emulation of cruel military practices by their medieval ancestry.

During World War I, there were persistent rumors that German soldiers had crucified an Allied (Canadian) soldier on a tree or barn door with bayonets or combat knives. The report was initially reported by Sergeant Hary Band of the Canadian First Division. His report of the 1915 account is as follows:

"On 24 April at St Julien I saw a small party of Germans about 50 yards away. I lay still and in about half an hour they left. I saw what appeared to be a man in British uniform. I was horrified to see that the man was literally crucified, being fastened to the post by eight bayonets.

"He was suspended about 18" from the ground, the bayonets being driven through his legs, shoulders, throat and testicles. At his feet lay an English rifle, broken and covered with blood"

The event supposedly happened to, according to a Red Cross Nurse and multiple testimonies from men of the same unit, a Harry Banks of Canadian 48th Highland Regiment. Although this issue is still under debate by scholars.

This story was widely used in the black propaganda of the time, together with a similar rumor that Germans had bayoneted Belgian babies. Such rumours made for highly graphic and disturbing pictures and were ideal for helping to demonize the enemy.

After the war, investigators tried to determine the veracity of the story of the crucified soldier, but it was inconclusive.

There are persistent stories that crucifixions continue to occur in certain parts of Africa.

Some very devout Catholic Filipinos get themselves crucified for a limited time in Passion Week to imitate the suffering of Christ.

Famous crucifixions

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True Cross

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The True Cross, if it exists, is the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified. A feast day commemorating St. Helena's "Invention of the True Cross" is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on May 3. (See also Roodmas) The same event is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church as the "Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross" on September 15, and is one of the twelve Great Feasts of their liturgical year.

It was allegedly found by Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine I, who brought it back to Constantinople for veneration in approximately 326. From Constantinople, the True Cross was broken up, and the pieces miraculously multiplied; in the fourth century, St Cyril of Jerusalem remarked that the "whole earth is full of the relics of the Cross of Christ." So many churches claimed to possess a piece of the True Cross, that Erasmus said there was enough wood in them to build a ship. Santo Toribio de Liébana in Spain holds the biggest of these pieces and is one of the most privileged pilgrimage sites for the Catholic Church.

A piece of the True Cross was the most important relic carried by the Crusaders. It was housed in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre under the protection of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who marched with it ahead of the army before every battle. It was captured by Saladin during the Battle of Hattin in 1187.

According to one legend, the True Cross was built from the Tree of Knowledge.

See also: Battle of Hattin, Relic, Christian cross, Government Warehouse, Ile de la Cité, Jesus Christ

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "True Cross."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cross

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CROSS

EnglishComputerized Rearrangement of Special SubjectsComputing
CRMEnglishCross reacting materialAbbreviation, Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Cross

Synonyms: bad-tempered (adj), crabbed (adj), crabby (adj), cross(a) (adj), crossing(a) (adj), fussy (adj), grouchy (adj), grumpy (adj), ill-tempered (adj), thwartwise (adj), transversal (adj), transverse (adj), crisscross (n), crossbreeding (n), crossing (n), crown of thorns (n), hybridisation (n), hybridization (n), hybridizing (n), interbreeding (n), mark (n), baffle (v), bilk (v), cover (v), crossbreed (v), cut across (v), cut through (v), foil (v), frustrate (v), get across (v), get over (v), hybridize (v), interbreed (v), intersect (v), pass over (v), queer (v), scotch (v), span (v), spoil (v), sweep (v), thwart (v), track (v), traverse (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: stick-on (sports & leisure).
Antonym: uncross (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cross

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Adversity

Mishap, mischance, misadventure, misfortune; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; accident, casualty, cross, reverse, check, contretemps, rub; backset, comedown, setback.

Counteraction

Verb: counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose; traverse; withstand; (resist); hinder; repress; (restrain); react; (recoil).

Mixture

Instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron, quarteron, quinteron;quadroon, octoroon; griffo, zambo; cafuzo; Eurasian; fustee, fustie; griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule; catalo; cross, hybrid, mongrel.

Opposition

Unfavorable, unfriendly; hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious.

Pain

Displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze, feeze (U.S.); disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune.

Passage

Verb: pass, pass through; perforate; (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Resentment

Adjective: angry, wrath, irate; ireful, wrathful; cross; (irascible); Achillean; sulky; a; bitter, virulent; acrimonious; (discourteous); violent.

Rite

Relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax, pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera; eileton, Holy Grail; prayer machine, prayer wheel; Sangraal, urceus.

Scourge

Scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad; mecate.

Title

Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cross

English words defined with "cross": Calvary cross, Celtic cross, Congregation of the Holy Cross, Cross and pile, Cross bottony, Cross forked, Cross frog, cross hair, Cross moline, cross of Calvary, cross of Lorraine, Cross of the resurrection, cross oneself, Cross potent, cross vine, cross wire, Cross wiresEgyptian crossFiery cross, Fire crossGeneva cross, Grand cross, Greek crosshalf cross stitch, Holy crossInvention of the crossJerusalem crossLatin cross, Lorraine cross, low St Andrew's crossmaltese cross, market crossNorthern CrossPapal cross, Patriarchal cross, Pectorial cross, Preaching crossSaint Andrew's cross, Saint Anthony's cross, Saint George's cross, Saint Patrick's cross, sign of the cross, Southern Cross, St Andrews's cross, St. Andrew's cross, St. Anthony's cross, stations of the Crosstau cross, To cross the lineVictoria crossWeeping cross. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cross": absorption cross section, alphabetical cross index, ankn cross, archibishop's cross, Archiepiscopal Crossback-scattering cross section, Burying at Cross RoadsCharing Cross, collision cross section, Cross and Ball, Cross as a Bear, Cross as the Tongs, Cross as Two Sticks, Cross Buns, CROSS BUTTOCK, cross conveyor, Cross Man, CROSS PATCH, Cross Roads, cross section analysis, cross softwareduckbill weir cross regulatorEnglish cross bond, extinction cross sectionfylfot crossHot Cross BunsKing's CrossLong CrossPatrick's Cross, Paul of the Cross, primatial crossradar cross section, Red Cross Knight, reticule crossscattering cross section, St. George's Cross, St.Andrew's cross, St.Anthony's cross, surveyor's cross. (references)
Etymologies containing "cross": VERONICA. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Cross" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (cross-country, cross-country race).

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Modern Usage: Cross

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I feed on those who cross my path (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Don't cross the streams (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

A big wooden cross, so every time you feel unappreciated for all your sacrifices, you can climb up and nail yourself to it. (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.)

I don't think Early Grayce even knew there was a line to cross. (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.)

How many times have I told you to wash your hands after a weekly cross burning (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

Lyrics

Of the cross I bear that you gave to me (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

You know, Gila monsters cross the road from here to El Paso (Ice Machine In The Desert; performing artist: Brave Combo)

Do I ever cross your mind, anytime (Anytime; performing artist: Brian McKnight)

Cross the railroad tracks (Neon Moon; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

Every cross that we bear (Do I Have To Say The Words?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

Clever

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. (references; author: Mark Twain)

God grades on the cross, not the curve. (references; author: unknown)

The safest way to cross life's streets is to hold hands. (references; author: unknown)

How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign? (references; author: unknown)

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?  Frostbite. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

If you must cross a coarse, cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross, coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Hanged On a Twisted Cross (1996)

Cross Road (1973)

The Cross and the Switchblade (1972)

Double Cross (1972)

Kings Cross (1972)

Song Titles

Southern Cross (performing artist: Stills & Nash Crosby)

Ferry Cross The Mersey (performing artist: Gerry and The Pacemakers)

Cross My Broken Heart (performing artist: The Jets)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cross

DomainTitle

References

  • A.T. Cross Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Cross IT.Media AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Cross Systems Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Cross timbers royalty trust: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Cross Cultural Perspectives in Child Advocacy (reference)

  • Celtic Cross (reference)

  • Symbolism of the Celtic Cross (reference)

  • Centrality of the Cross: Notes of Addresses on the Finished Work of Christ at Calvary Incorporating "the Logos of the Cross (reference)

  • Black Cross (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cross

Photos:
Cross

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Photo Album: Cross

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Cross section of a human lung. The white area in the upper lobe is cancer, the black areas indicate the patient was a smoker. See artwork: SS-10. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(a) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with blood vessels at the periphery of tumor. Magnification x100. (b) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with vessels at the periphery of tumor. Magnification x200. (c) cross section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast with a small foci of breast cancer cells in which cd34 antibody has stained blood vessels and basement membrane. Magnification x100. (d) cross-section of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast shows intense blood vessel proliferation in stromal tissue adjacent to the malignant tissue. Magnification x200. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: CDC.

The cyllindrical structures are seen in both cross and longitudinal section. Lymph node biopsy from patient with lymphadenopathy due to infection with HIV-1. Credit: CDC.

"2D Cross Section of a 5-Brane" (movie) by Bob Rutkiewicz. From Physics String Theory/M-Theory, a 5-brane equation that has the same number of holes as the full 10-brane. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B.

Iron Cross Attitude Simulator With Pilot. Credit: NASA.

William M. Scaife Ready to cross Twin Glacier Bill Scaife with rope. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Vince's Cross at Hut Point Peninsula, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Named for George Vince, a member of the Scott Discovery Expedition, who drowned nearby. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Cross on Observation Hill erected as memorial to Robert Falcon Scott. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The floating cross at the mouth of the trap. Excluding the statuette of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, which is traditionally always the same, each Rais places his own images of saints. The cross serves the functional purpose of helping the fishermen read the currents. Slack water is the most desirable time to start the fishing operation. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Cross
 

"King's Cross" by Melvin Heng
Commentary: "King's Cross Station, London."
"Moto cross" by Radek Bayek
Commentary: "Well, it was just a man that flew over my head but I was also fast;-)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Cross

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

There will be no crown bearers in heaven who are not cross bearers on earth.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Francis Quarles

No cross no crown.

Henri Frederic Amiel

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Horace

Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

Luther

God lays his cross upon those whom he loves, and those who bear it patiently gain much wisdom.

St. John of the Cross

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

Thomas p Kempis

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

William Shakespeare

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Cross

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Moreover, for all those possessions, from which anyone has, without the lawful judgment of his peers, been disseised or removed, by our father, King Henry, or by our brother, King Richard, and which we retain in our hand (or which as possessed by others, to whom we are bound to warrant them) we shall have respite until the usual term of crusaders; excepting those things about which a plea has been raised, or an inquest made by our order, before our taking of the cross; but as soon as we return from the expedition, we will immediately grant full justice therein. (reference)

John Locke

1690

But if all the world shall observe pretences of one kind, and actions of another; arts used to elude the law, and the trust of prerogative (which is an arbitrary power in some things left in the prince's hand to do good, not harm to the people) employed contrary to the end for which it was given: if the people shall find the ministers and subordinate magistrates chosen suitable to such ends, and favoured, or laid by, proportionably as they promote or oppose them: if they see several experiments made of arbitrary power, and that religion underhand favoured, (tho' publicly proclaimed against) which is readiest to introduce it; and the operators in it supported, as much as may be; and when that cannot be done, yet approved still, and liked the better: if a long train of actions shew the councils all tending that way; how can a man any more hinder himself from being persuaded in his own mind, which way things are going; or from casting about how to save himself, than he could from believing the captain of the ship he was in, was carrying him, and the rest of the company, to Algiers, when he found him always steering that course, though cross winds, leaks in his ship, and want of men and provisions did often force him to turn his course another way for some time, which he steadily returned to again, as soon as the wind, weather, and other circumstances would let him? Sect. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Members of the League agree to encourage and promote the establishment and co-operation of duly authorised voluntary national Red Cross organisations having as purposes the improvement of health, the prevention of disease, and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Cross

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Those who can barely live, and who live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior, society, may well be illiberal and cross.

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

The shortest way, as I well remembered, was to cross through the churchyard

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

A man can't cross a hundred thousand light years, mostly in other people's baggage compartments, without beginning to fray a little, and Arthur had frayed a lot.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At that moment a ball broke the cross on his breast, and he fell

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

An old woman was about to cross the street, an oilcan in her hand

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

My Lord of York will still be cross in talk

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Tom watched them cross the entrance of the dirt road and continue on.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The two great streets, which run cross and divide it into four quarters, are five feet wide

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Tom Stoppard

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us; leaving nothing but a memory of the smell of smoke and a presumption that our eyes once watered

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cross

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When both legs are affected by spasticity, they may turn in and cross at the knees. (references)

SLE and West Nile viruses are antigenically related, and cross reactions are observed in most serologic tests. (references)

The SCN rests in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, just above the point where the optic nerves cross. (references)

Business

Rates will be free of regulation but cross subsidies and predatory pricing will be prohibited. (references)

Talks between the Government and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on prison visits resumed in June. (references)

Two of the networks are the major transmission networks which cross the Korean peninsula laterally and diagonally respectively. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

Maronites are charged the same fee each time they cross. (references)

Fiji

The ICRC and the Fiji Red Cross visit the camp periodically. (references)

Cyprus

Requests to cross into the north must be submitted 48 hours in advance. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Flag: Square, white cross on red field. (references)

Iceland

Flag: Red cross edged in white on a blue field. (references)

Norway

Flag: White cross with blue inner cross on red field. (references)

Human Rights

Solomon Islands

Red Cross and other volunteers were able to provide appropriate assistance in rural areas. (references)

Guinea

Following the incident, Guinean armed forces ceased cross border operation against the RUF. (references)

Turkey

Landmines near the Greek border killed 7 persons who were trying to cross the border illegally. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

There were approximately 11,600 IDP's as a result of the conflict, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. (references)

Nigeria

In the east, violent border disputes between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states continued during the year. (references)

Ghana

The Ghana Red Cross reported 68 deaths, 43 injuries, 2600 displaced persons, 203 homes partially or completely burned down, and 17 stores destroyed. (references)

Political Economy

MOROCCO

Changes in the rates of individual currencies reflect changes in cross rates. (references)

CHINA

China uses the RMB/dollar exchange rate as the basic rate and sets cross rates against other currencies by referring to international markets. (references)

Western Sahara

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have stated that Morocco indeed has released all Polisario former combatants. (references)

Trade

Haiti

Haiti has a liberal foreign exchange regime with no limitations on cross border payments. (references)

Turkey

X-ray film can only be imported by the Red Crescent Association (sister organization to the Red Cross). (references)

Netherlands

EU initiatives are designed to support projects within its Member States and the EU-wide "economic integration" projects that cross over borders. (references)

Travel

West Bank

Only cars with special permits are allowed to cross at checkpoints into Gaza. (references)

West Bank

Prior visa application and bridge-crossing permits are required, however, to cross the Allenby Bridge. (references)

Israel

Visas should be obtained in advance for those wanting to cross the Allenby Bridge, which links Jordan and the West Bank. (references)

Women

Nigeria

In 2000 Edo, Ogun, Cross River, Osun, Rivers, and Bayelsa States banned FGM. In Edo State, the punishment is a $10 (1,000 naira) fine and 6 months' imprisonment. (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

An EPZ remains under development in Calabar, Cross River State, and a second EPZ is planned for Port Harcourt, Rivers State. (references)

Colombia

Workers at the Red Cross and the Social Security Institute also went on strike to protest proposed changes in their respective institutions. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, short-ribs of the saints, the ears of Balaam's ass, the lung of the cock that called Peter to repentance and so forth. Reliquaries are commonly of metal, and provided with a lock to prevent the contents from coming out and performing miracles at unseasonable times. A feather from the wing of the Angel of the Annunciation once escaped during a sermon in Saint Peter's and so tickled the noses of the congregation that they woke and sneezed with great vehemence three times each. It is related in the "Gesta Sanctorum" that a sacristan in the Canterbury cathedral surprised the head of Saint Dennis in the library. Reprimanded by its stern custodian, it explained that it was seeking a body of doctrine. This unseemly levity so raged the diocesan that the offender was publicly anathematized, thrown into the Stour and replaced by another head of Saint Dennis, brought from Rome.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Cross

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Lynne Cheney

Well, my net proceeds are going to the American Red Cross, and to projects that foster historical appreciation.

Trisha Meili

Right. And it was always on either the main road of the park or the cross drive is a road, and it has lights on it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Cross

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The establishment of additional cross posts, especially to some of the important points in the Western and Northern parts of the Union, can not fail to be of material utility.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Opportunities and jobs will multiply as we cross new thresholds of knowledge and reach deeper into the unknown.

George Bush

1989-1993Three tall crosses rise up from the stones, and atop each cross, an anchor, an ancient symbol of hope.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001A bridge wide enough and strong enough for every American to cross over to a blessed land of new promise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Cross

"Cross" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 33.09% of the time. "Cross" is used about 6,081 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)33.09%2,0124,286
Noun (proper)30.38%1,8474,610
Lexical Verb (infinitive)21.37%1,3006,087
Lexical Verb (base form)13.13%7988,706
Adjective (general or positive)1.89%11530,138
Preposition (except "of")0.1%6143,867
Unclassified Items0.03%2245,945
Noun (plural)0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%6,081N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Cross

The following table summarizes the usage of "cross" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
CrossLast name31,000349
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Cross

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "cross".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
CruzFemaleSpanish

A cross

CruzitaFemaleSpanish

A cross

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Cross

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited

France

Cross Systems Co.

Germany

Cross IT.Media AG

Japan

Green Cross Co., Ltd.

South Korea

Korea Green Cross Corporation

USA

A.T. Cross Company

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Cross


1. Cross, SC
Zip Code(s): 29436
Country: USA

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Expressions: Cross

Expressions using "cross": alphabetical cross index ankn cross archibishop's cross Archiepiscopal Cross as cross as two sticks at cross purposes be at cross purposes be cross be cross about smth. be cross eyed bear one's cross patiently become cross eyed Bike Mountain Cross Blue Cross calvary cross celtic cross center Cross Columbia Cross R Congregation of the Holy Cross Consecration Cross criss cross cross a river cross action cross again Cross aisle Cross and pile cross appeal Cross axle cross bar cross beam Cross bedding cross belt Cross bill cross bit Cross bitt Cross bond cross botton'e Cross bottony cross box wrench Cross breed cross breeding cross bun Cross buttock cross calvary cross carriage cross catalogue Cross Circulation Cross City cross claim cross classification cross compiler cross compiling/assembling cross connecting terminal Cross country cross country fault cross country race Cross County cross course cross curriculum programme cross curves cross cut cross cutting cross dissolve cross ditch cross double fitch'e cross dressing cross each other Cross estoil'e cross examination cross examine cross eye cross faults Cross fertilization Cross file cross fire Cross fitch'e Cross Fork Cross forked cross forked of three points Cross frog Cross furrow cross grained plywood cross hair cross hairs Cross handle cross hatch cross heading Cross Hill cross in the post Cross Infection cross joint Cross keelson cross knurling cross knurls Cross Lanes cross let cross lines cross linking Cross lode Cross moline Cross Mountain. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cross": cross-addicted, cross-addiction, cross-addictions, cross-addictive, cross-advising, cross-agency, cross-analysing, cross-analysis, cross-angled, cross-appeal, cross-appealed, cross-appeals, cross-application, cross-area, cross-areal, cross-arm, Cross-armed, cross-art, cross-arts, cross-assembler, cross-atlantic, cross-authority, cross-band, cross-band operation, cross-banded, cross-bar, cross-barred, cross-bars, cross-beam, cross-beams, Cross-bearer, cross-bearing, cross-bedded, cross-bedding, cross-belts, cross-bench, cross-bencher, cross-benchers, cross-bending, cross-bill, cross-billing, Cross-birth, cross-bite, cross-body, cross-bones, cross-border, cross-boring, cross-boundary, cross-bow, cross-bows, cross-braced, cross-bred, cross-breds, cross-breed, cross-breeding, cross-breeds, cross-breeze, cross-bridge, cross-bridges, Cross-bun, cross-bunkers, cross-burning, Cross-buttock, cross-but-trying-to-be-helpful, cross-calculation, cross-cambered, cross-campus, cross-capital, cross-channel, cross-charging, cross-check, cross-checked, cross-checking, cross-checks, cross-city, cross-class, cross-classification, cross-collaterisation, cross-combination, cross-come-shot, cross-community, cross-company, cross-compatibility, cross-compatible, cross-competition, cross-compiler, cross-compilers, cross-complications, cross-compound, cross-connect, cross-connection, cross-connections, cross-connexion, cross-connotation, cross-contamination, cross-continental, Cross-contribution, cross-control, cross-core, cross-correlated, cross-correlating, cross-correlation, cross-corridors, cross-countries, cross-country, cross-country capacity, cross-country flight, cross-country jumping, cross-country race, cross-country riding, cross-country running, cross-country ski run, cross-country skiing, cross-country vehicle, cross-country vs road, cross-county, cross-coupled, cross-coupling, cross-course, cross-courses, cross-court, cross-cousin, cross-cousins, cross-cows, cross-crediting, cross-criteria, Cross-crosslet, cross-cultural, Cross-Cultural Comparison, cross-culturally, cross-cum-shot, cross-current, cross-currents, cross-curricular, cross-curricularity, cross-curriculum, cross-cut, Cross-cut file, cross-cut saw, cross-cuts, cross-cutting, cross-dating, Cross-days, cross-default, cross-denominational, cross-departmental, cross-dependence, cross-development, cross-diagram, cross-dialectal, cross-directorships, cross-disciplinary, cross-discipline, cross-ditch, cross-division, cross-divisional, cross-domain, cross-domed, cross-drain, cross-draughts, cross-dress, cross-dressed, cross-dresser, cross-dressers, cross-dresses, cross-dressing, cross-drill, cross-editing, cross-elasticity, cross-equation, cross-ethnic, cross-european, cross-examination, cross-examinations, cross-examine, cross-examined, Cross-examiner, cross-examines, cross-examining, cross-experience, cross-experiment, cross-eye, Cross-eyed, cross-eyes, cross-faults, cross-feed, cross-fertilisation, cross-fertilise, cross-fertilised, cross-fertilises, cross-fertilising, cross-fertilization, cross-fertilize, cross-fertilized, cross-fertilizing, cross-field, cross-file, cross-financed, cross-fire, cross-fitting, cross-flow, cross-frame, cross-frequencies, cross-frontier, cross-function, cross-functional, cross-funding, Cross-garnet, cross-gartering, cross-gender, cross-generic, cross-grain, cross-grained, cross-grained person, cross-group, cross-guard, cross-hair, cross-haired, cross-hairs, cross-harbour, cross-hatch, cross-hatched, cross-hatching, cross-hatchings, cross-hauling, cross-head, cross-heads, cross-holding, cross-holdings, cross-hole, cross-hybridisation, cross-hybridize, cross-immunity, cross-impact, cross-index, cross-indexing, cross-industry, cross-infection, cross-influence, cross-influences, Cross-in-hand, cross-in-square, cross-institutional, cross-insurance, cross-interrogation, cross-island, cross-keys, cross-kick, cross-labels, cross-lacing, cross-lamination, cross-layering, cross-laying, cross-leading, cross-leaved, cross-leaved heath, cross-legged, cross-licence, cross-license, cross-licensing, cross-light, cross-lighting, cross-lights, cross-line, cross-linguistic, cross-linguistically, cross-link, cross-linkage, cross-linked, cross-linking, Cross-Linking Reagents, cross-links, cross-listing, cross-lit, cross-load, Cross-london, cross-looking, cross-market, cross-marketing, cross-match, cross-matched, cross-matching, cross-mate, cross-media, cross-member, cross-members, cross-membership, Cross-mersey, cross-migration, cross-modal, cross-modality, cross-model, cross-modulation, cross-module, cross-motion, cross-motions, cross-multiplying, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die, cross-nation, cross-national, cross-nationally, cross-office switching, cross-oriented, Cross-Over, Cross-Over Studies, cross-overs, cross-ownership, cross-pacific, cross-party, cross-patch, Cross-pawl, cross-peaks, cross-pegs, cross-pennine, Cross-peterborough, cross-phase, cross-piece, cross-pieces, cross-piled, cross-plan, cross-platform, cross-platforms, cross-play, cross-plot, cross-plots, cross-ply, cross-point, cross-pointer indicator, cross-polar, cross-polarization, cross-pollinate, cross-pollinated, cross-pollinating, cross-pollination, cross-post, cross-poster, cross-posting, cross-pressures, cross-price, cross-proceedings, cross-product, cross-productisation, cross-profile, cross-profiles, cross-promotion, Cross-purpose, cross-purposed, cross-purposes, cross-pyrenean, Cross-question, Cross-questioned, cross-questioner, Cross-questioning, cross-racial, Cross-rail, cross-rails, cross-range, cross-rate, cross-react, cross-reaction, cross-reactive, cross-reactivity, cross-reacts, Cross-reading, cross-refer, cross-reference, cross-referenced, cross-references, cross-referencing, cross-referential, cross-referral, cross-referred, cross-referring, cross-refers, cross-relate, cross-related, cross-relating, cross-relations, cross-relationship, cross-representation, cross-resistance, cross-rhymed, cross-rhythm, cross-rhythms, cross-ridges, cross-risks, cross-road, cross-roads, cross-roc, cross-rods, cross-rotation, cross-route, cross-routes, cross-routing, cross-sbu, cross-school, cross-screen, cross-search translation, cross-seasonal, cross-seat, cross-sectarian, cross-section, cross-section, cross-sectional, cross-sectional, Cross-Sectional Studies, cross-sectionally, cross-sectioned, cross-sectioning, cross-sections, cross-sector, cross-sectoral, cross-sectorial, cross-sell, cross-selling, cross-sensitivity, cross-sentential, cross-servicing, cross-sex, cross-sexual, cross-shaft, cross-shaped, cross-shareholding, cross-shareholdings, cross-shore, cross-shot, cross-situational, cross-skill, cross-skilling, cross-slab, cross-slabs, cross-slices, cross-slide, Cross-spale, Cross-spall, cross-span, cross-span, cross-spar, cross-spars, cross-species, cross-spoke, Cross-springer, cross-spur, cross-staff, cross-staffing, cross-stage, cross-sterile, cross-stitch, cross-stitched, cross-stitching, cross-stone, cross-strait, cross-straits, cross-strand, cross-strap, cross-stratification, cross-street, cross-streets, cross-striated, cross-striped, cross-subject, cross-subsidies, cross-subsidisation, cross-subsidise, cross-subsidised, cross-subsidising, cross-subsidization, cross-subsidy, cross-system, cross-tabulated, cross-tabulating, cross-tabulation, cross-tabulations, Cross-tail, cross-talk, Cross-Talk, cross-task, cross-team, cross-temporal, cross-term, cross-terms, cross-terrier, cross-threaded, cross-tics, Cross-tie, Cross-tining, cross-town, cross-track, cross-trade, cross-trading, cross-trainer, cross-training, cross-trees, cross-tremor, cross-under, cross-undertaking, cross-undertakings, cross-validity, cross-vaulted, Cross-vaulting, cross-vein, cross-veins, cross-vendor, cross-voting, cross-walk, cross-walks, cross-wall, cross-walls, cross-ways, cross-weave, Cross-week, cross-wind, cross-wind accountability, cross-wind component, cross-winds, cross-wing, cross-winged, cross-wire, cross-wired, cross-wise, cross-word, cross-xxxx, cross-your-legs-and-cringe.

Ending with "cross": hot-cross, moto-cross, uv-cross.

Containing "cross": Holy-cross day, suitable for cross-country work, tunnel-cross-roads, uv-cross-linking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cross

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blue cross blue shield

8,544

blue cross blue shield of florida

581

american red cross

4,318

blue cross blue shield of illinois

579

blue cross

4,052

cross pen

551

cross stitch

3,477

aed american cross red

550

red cross

3,214

free cross stitch

542

cross dressing

2,727

cross country

538

cross

2,500

cross of iron

514

cross dresser

2,376

blue cross blue shield of texas

503

cross tattoo

2,091

cross canadian ragweed

447

cross country skiing

1,782

blue cross blue sheild

422

chrono cross

1,688

anthem blue cross and blue shield

382

free cross stitch pattern

1,581

cross bow

381

cross country bank

1,387

blue cross blue shield of alabama

379

blue cross of california

1,257

blue cross blue shield georgia

365

cross stitch pattern

1,110

cross dressing story

364

cross jewelry

1,075

cross picture

362

celtic cross

873

anthem blue cross

341

maltese cross

698

criss cross directory

339

cross from goods import irish religious shamrock

627

jesus on the cross

338

counted cross stitch

608

blue cross insurance

330
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cross

Language Translations for "cross"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

oorsteek (go beyond, transfer), oorskry (go beyond, transfer), kruis. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mundim (effort, excruciation, hardship, intension, martyrdom, pain, rack, sweat, torment, torture, trouble), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), hibrid (crossbred, crossbreed, hybrid), i kundërt (adverse, antagonistic, backward, contrariety, contrary, converse, counter, dissonant, divergent, negative, opposed, opposite, polar, reverse), inatçi (rancorous, spiteful), kaloj (alternate, beguile, come by, come round, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go off, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, skip, slip by, slip past, span, spend, strain, take across, track, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), kapërcej (bypass, climb over, exceed, fight off, get over, go one better than, hop, lap, leap, leave out, miss out, outdo, overbalance, overcome, overmaster, overpower, span, surmount, transcend, turn, vault), kryq (criss cross, dagger, rood), kryqëzim (calvary, circus, crossing, crucifixion, hybridization, junction), kryqëzoj (crucify, hybridize, intercross), goditje frenuese, martesë (espousal, marriage, match, matrimony, noose, nuptial, splice, union, wedding, wedlock), zemërak (choleric, grumpy, ornery, peevish, peppery, petulant, quick tempered, techy, tetchy, waspish), ndesh (attend, bang against, barge, bump, come across, come round, encounter, fall in with, fall over, fight, forgather, greet, happen on, hit, light, meet, run into), pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), shartim (graft, grafting), tërthor (abeam, aslant, athwart, criss cross, sidelong, sideways, transversal, transverse, traverse), takoj (attach, belong, chance on, come across, encounter, happen, meet, reach, run up against, salute), vë kryq, vë njerën mbi tjetrën, vë pikat mbi i-të, vuajtje (affliction, agony, anguish, distress, dolor, dolour, gyp, hardship, martyrdom, misery, pain, rack, suffering, torment, tribulation), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏غاضب (angry, beside himself, dandified, enraged, exasperating, furious, furred, glaring, grim, grumpy, indignant, irate, livid, narky, pink, revolting, stuffy, sullen, wrathful, wroth), ‏شطب (blot, cancel, cancellation, cross out, delete, deletion, score, scratch, scratching, slash, stroke, write off), ‏إجتاز (accomplish, cover, detour, go over, navigate, outdistance, overpass, overshoot, pound, pull through, rise, roll by, traverse, voyage, walk), ‏إعترض (bar, blockade, challenge, demur, except, expostulate, impugn, intercept, interpose, interrupt, intervene, object, object to, obstruct, oppose, protest, remonstrate, stop, take exception to, traverse), ‏إنتقل من جانب إلى آخر, ‏الصليب, ‏صليب (crucifix, mark), ‏عبر (across, act out, carry, clothe, come, come across, conceive, couch, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice), ‏سطر (line, range, rule), ‏شارة أو رمز, ‏تلاقى في الطريق, ‏مهجن (crossbred, crossbreed, mixed, mongrel), ‏غير أمين (dishonest, unfair), ‏قطع (amputate, amputation, ax, axe, break, cease, cessation, chop off, chopping off, crossing, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cutoff, cutting off, disconnect, discontinuance, discontinue, divide, dividing, end, exchange, fell, felling, forbid, halt, hew, hinder from, interrupt, intersect, lop, prevent from, scission, section, segment, segmentation, separate, sever, severance, slit, split, stop, sunder, suspend, suspension, tear, terminate, traverse), ‏نزق (cranky, irritable, mad, pernickety, pettiness, petulance, quick, rattle-brained, ratty, scatter-brain, snippy, testy, tetchy, touchiness), ‏هجن (hybridize, interbreed, metis), ‏معاكس (adverse, contrary, counter, counteractive, opposite, untoward), ‏مستعرض (cross-cut, transversal, transverse), ‏متبادل (alternate, interplay, mutual, mutually, reciprocal), ‏متعارض (conflicting, cross-cut, discordant, discrepant, inconsistent, opposite), ‏متقاطع (criss cross, decussate, interchangeable), ‏تقاطع (cut across, junction, section). (various references)

   

Basque

  

zeharkatu, guruzbidean. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обратен (back, backward, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, inversive, obverse, opposite, reactive, reciprocal, retrograde, return, reverse, wrong), измамвам (abuse, befool, beguile, catch, chisel, chouse, clip, dash, defraud, diddle, fix, flam, fob, fool, gaff, go back on, green, gull, hijack, kid, mislead, mock, nobble, overreach, play false, pluck, prey, pull a fast one, put across, put on, screw, sell, shaft, short-change, slip over, spoof, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, trim), прекосявам (measure, pass over, pass through, traverse), преча на (fetter, handicap, impede, incommode, intercept, negative, obstruct, prevent, retard, shackle, trammel, weigh against), пречка (bit, block, blockage, check, clog, difficulty, disadvantage, disqualification, embarrassment, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, kibosh, let, liability, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, remora, rub, setback, spoke, stay, stop, stumbling-stone, traverse), пресичам (come across, congeal, cut across, go over, intercross, interrupt, intersect, intervene, overpass, pass through, passage, transect, traverse, truncate), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous), противя се на (defy, stand against), барирам, напречен (thwart, transversal, transverse), измама (bunco, bunko, cheat, chouse, cozenage, deceit, deception, delusion, do, double cross, double dealing, doubling, dupery, falsity, fiddle, flam, foul play, frame up, fraud, gaff, gag, gouge, guile, gyp, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, have on, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, imposition, imposture, indirection, jiggery pokery, jockeying, jugglery, kid, lemon, overreach, plant, pretence, put on, rig, rip off, roguery, sell, sellout, sham, shuffle, simulacrum, skin game, spoof, swindle, take in, thimblerig, trickery, twist), неприятност (annoyance, headache, mischief, nuisance, packet, plague, rub, scrape, shame, spot, trouble, vexation), сърдит (angry, gruff, high, huffish, huffy, irate, ireful, peevish, ratty, red-necked, resentful, rusty, snappish, sour, stroppy, sullen), веревен плат, кръст (loin, reins, sacrum, waist), кръстопът (carfax, crossing, cross-roads, junction), кръстосвам (crossbreed, cruise, hybridize, intercross, intersect, mix, range, sweep, walk), кръстосвам се (intercross, intersect), кръстосване (crossbreeding, crossing, itineracy, itinerancy), кръстя се, християнството, срещам се (converge, exist, forgather, get together, meet, range, see), насрещен (adverse, counter, crosswind, foul, head, oncoming, opposite, unfavorable, unfavourable). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

creu (you think). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(blunder, error, fault, mistake, uneven, wrong), 交叉 (intersect), 十字架 (rood), (be stuck, fork, intersect, pick, pitchfork, prong, to cross, to diverge, to open). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zkřížit (thwart, traverse), rozzlobený (angry, irate, pissed, resentful), rozhnìvaný (angry, irate, peeved), pokřižovat, přeplout (go across, go over), přeletìt (go across, go over, overfly, overshoot), překřížit, přejít (come over, get across, get over, go across, go over, overpass, pass, pass on, pass over, slide, traverse), mrzutý (annoying, awkward, bad tempered, chuff, crabbed, cranky, crusty, dumpish, frumpish, glum, grouchy, joyless, Moody, out of temper, peevish, pettish, rugged, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, untoward, vexatious), křižovat (crisscross, cruise), kříženec (bastard, crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel), křížení (crossbreeding, hybridization), kříž (crucifix, small of the back), dát křížem. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kors. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kruisen (crucify, cruise), over elkaar slaan. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

transiri (go beyond, transfer), transi, malbonhumora (peevish, pettish, petulant), kruco, kruci, kolera (angry). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

leggja í kross, krossur, koma tvørturum (go beyond, transfer), ganga tvørturum (go beyond, transfer). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

حدوسط (Average, Mean, Mediocre, Mediocrity, Norm, Soso), روبروشدن (Encounter, Envisage), اختلاف (Difference, Discord, Discrepancy, Disparity, Dissension, Friction, Inequality, Quarrel, Schism, Variance, Variation, Versatility), خاج (Club), خلاف میل کسی رفتارکردن , صلیب , عبوردادن (Transmit), دورگه (Crossbreed, Crossover, Hybrid, Mulatto), تقلب (Skulduggery, Slur), پیوندزدن (Crossbreed, Graft, Imp, Join), گذشتن (Blowover, Elapse, Go, Pass), قطع کردن (Burst, Cut, Disconnect, Discontinue, Excise, Hew, Intercept, Leaveoff, Out, Retrench, Rupture, Stump, Traverse), قلم کشیدن بروی , کج خلقی کردن (Tiff), نادرستی (Inaccuracy, Incompetence, Inequity), چلیپا, مرافعه (Case, Lawsuit, Spat, Suit), مصادف شدن با (Encounter), ممزوج , علامت ضربدریاباضافه . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

risti (club, clubs, dagger, sharp), risteytys (cross breeding, crossbreeding, cross-breeding, crossing, hybridization). (various references)

   

French

  

croix (crucifix, tower cross), traversez, traverser, croiser (crosier, cruise), croisement (crossbreeding, crossing, cross-road, crossroads). (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

traversez (go across). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

lilk (angry, nasty, ugly), gek (angry). (various references)

   

Galician

  

atravese. (various references)

   

German

  

Kreuz (back, clubs, crucifix, dagger, interchange, intersection, obelisk, sharp, small of the back), kreuzung (crossbreed, cross-breed, cross-breeding, crossing, crossroads, crosswalk, hybrid, hybridization, interbreeding, interchange, intersection, junction), durchkreuzen (cross out, cross through, foil, frustrate, thwart, thwarting, to thwart), böse (angry, bad, baddie, baleful, balefully, black, black-hearted, crossly, dark, evil, evil person, ferocious, harm, mad, malign, miserable, nastily, nasty, naughty, poor, sinister, sore, unholy, venomous, vicious, villain, villainous, wicked, wicked person), übertreten (break, break its banks, disobey, go beyond, go over, infringe, overstep, to transgress, transfer, transgress, transgressed, trespass, violate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διασχίζω (traverse), διασταύρωση (cross pollination, crossbreed, cross-fertilization, crossing, junction, traverse). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

janbe. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משוכל (transversal), לעבור (cover ground, disappear, get through, go, pass, transfer, traverse), לחצות (bisect, cut, divide, part, traverse), להצטלב (intersect), לצלב, קו חוצה, כעוס (angry, excited, ratty), רגזני (bad tempered, short tempered, testy), צלב (crucifix), צולב. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kereszt (stook, tree), haragos (angry, as cross as two sticks, fretful, furious, indignant, irate, nettled, rough, testy, tetchy, wrathful, Wroth), feszület (crucifix, rood). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

reiður (angry). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

salib, palang (bar), mengarungi (ford, sail through, wade, wade through), kesal (annoyed, dejected, fed up, peevish, piqued), arung (wade across). (various references)

   

Irish

  

cros, colgach (angry), feargach (angry). (various references)

   

Italian

  

croce (dagger, rood), attraversare (bestride, go, go across, go beyond, go through, overpass, pass, pass through, span, transfer, traverse, walk across), irato (angry, bad tempered, irate, wrathful, Wroth), incrocio (crossbreed, crossing, crossroad, crossroads, intersection, mongrel), incrociare (cruise, fold, interbreed, intersect, meet). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

折衷 (blending, compromise, eclecticism). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぺけ (cross out, no good), せっちゅう (blending, compromise, eclecticism, in the snow), こうさ (allowance, common difference, consideration, crossing, examination, golden sands, intersection, margin, quiz, test, tolerance), クロス (gross), じゅうじか (crossfire, the Cross), じゅうじけい (cruciform), じゅうじ (chief priest of temple, crossed, cruciform, engaging, following, pursuing). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

십자가. (various references)

   

Manx

  

tessen er y cheilley (criss-cross, intersect), tessen (athwart, diagonal, thwart, transversal, transverse), crossey (blacklist, crucifixion, crucify, interdiction, reel, thwart, veto), crossagh, crogh (crucifix, gibbet, saffron). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

sint (angry, fierce), krysse (intersect), kryss (intersection, junction), kors. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

traversar. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

rabia (angry, become angry, get angry), krus, krou (angry). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

osscray.(various references)

   

Polish

  

rozgniewany (angry), przejść (go beyond, transfer). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cruz (dagger), cruzar (crossbreed, cruise, grade, hybridize, intersect, roam, traverse), cruzamento (concourse, criss-cross, crossbreed, crossing, crossroad, folding, frog, interlacement, lathing, network, turnabout, turning), atravessar (divide, divvy, fish, go through, intersect, jab, overpass, pass, pass over, penetrate, perambulate, permeate, pervade, pierce, roam, spit, survive, thrust, transfix, travel, traverse, trespass). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

atravesse. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

traversa (course, go over, go through, pass across, perambulate, run, shoot, step across, traverse), încrucişa (clash, criss cross, fold, hybridize). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

гибрид (crossbred, crossbreed, half breed, hybrid), перебираться (get over, move, scramble over), перебегать (defected, run against), перебраться (get over, move), переезжать (emigrate, move, transit), перевалить (top), перекрестный (cross-talk), переходить (devolve, jump, overpass, segue, swing over, traverse), пересекать (cut, intersect, overpass, pass, passage, take across, traverse), пересекаться, пересечь (intersect), поперечный (crosscut, diametral, thwart, transversal, transverse, traverse), помесь (crossbreed, mongrel), переплыть (swim across, swim over), противодействовать (antagonize, counteract, counterwork, react), страдания (crucifixion, pains), гибридизация (hybridization), крейцкопф, крест (ankh, rood, Weeping Cross, x), крестовина (crossing, doubletree, frog, spider, turnstile), кросс (cross-country), раздраженный (angry, annoyed, cranky, disgruntled, hot, on edge, peeved, shirty, warm), разминуться (miss one another), распятие (crucifix, crucifixion), сердитый (angry, crabbed, grouty, grumpy, irate, rambunctious, rusty, shirty, snuffy, sour, surly), скрещивать (crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed), скрещиваться, скрестить (fold), противный (antipathetic, antipathetical, disagreeable, disgustful, disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, horrible, horrid, loathful, loathsome, mucky, nasty, obnoxious, poisonous, unlovely). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

crois (a cross, misfortune), coirb. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

unakrstan (criss cross), ukrstiti (crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed, traverse), skrstiti, prekrstiti, preći (change over, cote, cover, cover ground, go over, march, overpass, pass over, pass through, shade, shift, transit, traverse), poprečan (thwart, transversal, transverse, traverse), mimoići se, ljut (angry, bitter, grim, hot, huffish, mad, peppery, pissed, racy, severe), krst, hibrid (crossbred, crossbreed, hybrid). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cruzar (come across, criss cross, cut, get over, go across, interbreed, intersect, jump across, pass across, traverse, walk across), cruz (carfax, criss cross, dagger, Mark, rood, tails), atravesar (break through, cut across, go across, go beyond, go over, outstep, overpass, Pierce, put, transfer, traverse), cruce (cross roads, crossing, interchange, intersection, junction). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

kroysi. (various references)

   

Swahili

  

msalaba. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kors (blimey, dagger, dear me, lumme, lummy, oh dear, sharp, strewth), vresig (crabbed, cross-grained, crotchety, crusty, disagreeable, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, ill-humored, ill-humoured, morose, peevish, perverse, ratty, sulky, vinegary), kryss (cruise, x), korsning (crossbreed, cross-breeding, crossing, half breed, hybrid, intersection, junction, mongrel), korsa (criss cross, discomfit, hybridize, interbreed, intercross, intersect, mix, thwart, traverse), arg (angry, bad, mad, miserable, nasty, poor, rabid), övergå (devolve, exceed, go over, outrun, pass, pass over, shade, turn). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

kurús, galít (angry). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), çapraz çizgiler çizmek (crisscross), çaprazlaştırmak, çaprazlama (athwart, crossways, crosswise, decussate, diagonally, on the cross), öfkelí (angry), üst üste atmak, aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, contrary, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, opposite, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, reverse, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), artı işareti (plus sign, positive sign), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), dörtyol ağzı (crossroads, junction), düzenbaz (bilker, crafty, deceitful, deceiver, designing, falsifier, gadgety, impostor, intriguer, intriguing, left handed, pettifogging, racketeer, rogue, roguish, serpentine, shammer, shyster, tartar, trickster, tricky), darılmak (be in a huff, be vexed with smb., get angry to, pout, take offence, take offense), çapraz (across, bias, cornerwise, crisscross, crossways, crosswise, decussate, diagonal, groined, lattice, slantways, slantwise, thwart, transversal, transverse, traverse), dert (affliction, bore, bother, botheration, complaint, distress, dolor, dolour, evil, fear, grief, grievance, headache, heartache, ill, mopes, nuisance, pain, pip, plague, pother, rock, scourge, solicitudes, sorrow, suffering, throe, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe, worry), melezlemek (hybridize, interbreed, intercross, mix), geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, track, transmigrate, turn, wear off), haç (crucial, crucifix, rood), haç işareti yapmak, hile (adulteration, artifice, arts, canard, catch, cheat, cheating, chicane, cobweb, collusion, craft, deceit, deception, decoy, device, do, dodge, doubling, dupery, duplicity, fake, false pretences, false pretenses, finesse, flam, flimflam, fraud, gadget, gaff, gambit, gammon, gimmick, gouge, hanky panky, have, have on, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, humbug, imposture, jiggery pokery, maneuver, manipulation, manoeuvre, plant, ploy, practice, pretense, rig, rigging, rip off, ruse, sell, sham, sleight of hand, slyness, subterfuge, tortuosity, trick, trickery, wheeling and dealing, wile), hilekâr (cheat, cheater, con, con man, crooked, deceitful, deceiver, double-tongued, faithless, foul, fraud, fraudulent, funk, gadgety, guileful, hard boiled, knavish, trickster, twister), kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, dyspeptic, fervent, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth), karşılaşmak (come across, come on, come upon, cross each other, drop a cross, encounter, experience, fall with, greet, meet, run across, run up against smb.), karşıt (adverse, anti-, antipathetic, antipathetical, antithetic, antithetical, athwart, contra, contra-, contradictory, contrary, converse, inimical, jarring, objector, opponent, opposed, opposite, reciprocal, reciprocating, reverse), kesişen (concurrent), kesişmek (concur, cut, intersect), kizgin (angry, hot), melez (crossbred, half breed, half caste, halfblood, halfblooded, half-bred, hybrid, mestizo, mixed, mongrel, mulatto), dargın (angry with, displeased, huffish, huffy, injured, offended, resentful, stuffy, vexed, wroth). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

цtmek (burn, go through), haз, дtlemek (step, transgress), atanak, aюmak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

схрещуватися (hybridize, interbreed, intercross), схрещувати (crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed), розминутися, розп'яття (calvary, crucifix, rood), хрест (rood, x), християнство (christianity), несприятливий (adverse, bad, baffling, contrary, impervious, inauspicious, non-contributory, unfavorable, unfavourable, unfriendly, untoward), протидіяти (antagonize, counter, counteract, counterwork, react, resist), поперечний (diametral, diametric, thwart, transversal, transverse), перехресний (criss cross, decussate), перетинатися (intercross, interject, intersect, thwart), перетинати (intercept, intersect, overgo, overpass, pass through, transverse, traverse), перекреслювати (overscore). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

chéo nhau (across, criss-cross), cây thánh giá, cáu, trái ngược (antagonistic, contrapositive, contrarily, contrarious, contrary), sự lừa đảo (bunco, deceifulness, deceit, faith, gyp, imposture, rig, swindle), sự gian nan bội tính sự tạp giao, ngược lại lai, nỗi thống khổ (anguish, bale, torment, torture), gắt đối, bước thử thách. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

croesi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cross

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

1. dib. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

bifurcum, crux, crux crucis, pertranseam, pertranseant, pertranseat, pertranseunt, pertranseuntes, pertransibis, pertransibit, pertransibo, pertransibunt, pertransiebant, pertransiens, pertransieris, pertransierit, pertransiero, pertransierunt, pertransiet, pertransiit, pertransire, pertransirent, pertransiret, pertransissem, pertransissent, pertransisset, pertransit, pertransitque, pertransivi, pertransivimus, pertransivit, transeam, transeamus, transeant, transeas, transeat, transeunt, transeunte, transeuntem, transeuntes, transeuntesque, transeunti, transeuntibus, transgredere, transgredi, transgrediantur, transgrediar, transgrediaris, transgrediebatur, transgrediens, transgredientes, transgredientur, transgredieris, transgredietur, transgredimini, transgreditur, transgrediuntur, transgressi, transgressis, transgressus, transi, transibimus, transibis, transibit, transibitis, transibo, transibunt, transiebant, transiebat, transiens, transient, transierant, transierat, transierimus, transierint, transieris, transierit, transieritis, transiero, transierunt, transieruntque, transiet, transii, transiit, transimus, transire, transirem, transiremus, transirent, transireque, transires, transiret, transissemus, transissent, transisset, transistisque, transit, transite, transitis, transito, transitque, transitu, transitum, transiturus, transitus, transivi, transivimus, transivit, transivitque. (various references)

Old English450-1100

gealgtreo, gealgu, rod. (various references)

Old French900-1400

revers. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Cross

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 27, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai legonteV o kataluwn ton naon kai en trisin hmeraiV oikodomwn swson seauton ei uioV ei tou qeou katabhqi apo tou staurou
Latin405VulgateEt dicentes qui destruit templum et in triduo illud reaedificat salva temet ipsum si Filius Dei es descende de cruce
Old English990West Saxon& cwæðen. Wa þæt þes to-werpð godes temple & on þridden daige hyt eftge-tymbred. ge-hæl nu þe sylfne. gyf þusyo godes sune ga niðer of þare rode.
Middle English1395WyclifMouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vath to thee, that distriest the temple of God, and in the thridde dai bildist it ayen; saue thou thi silf; if thou art the sone of God, come doun of the cross.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd sayinge: Thou that destroyest the temple of God and byldest it in thre dayes save thy sylfe. If thou be ye sonne of God come doune from the crosse.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Basic English1964OgdenYou who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Cross

LanguageMatthew Chapter 27, Verse 40
Cebuanoug nanag-ingon, "Ikaw nga maoy moguba sa templo ug mopatindog niini sulod sa tulo ka adlaw, luwasa ang imong kaugalingon! Anak ka man kaha sa Dios, kanaug sa krus."
Chinese你 這 拆 毀 聖 殿 、 三 日 又 建 造 起 來 的 、 可 以 救 自 己 罷 . 你 如 果 是   神 的 兒 子 、 就 從 十 字 架 上 下 來 罷 。
Croatian"Ti koji razvaljuješ Hram i za tri ga dana sagradiš, spasi sam sebe! Ako si Sin Božji, siði s križa!"
Danish"Du, som nedbryder Templet og bygger det op i tre Dage, frels dig selv; er du Guds Søn, da stig ned af Korset!"
DutchEn zeggende: Gij, Die den tempel afbreekt, en in drie dagen opbouwt, verlos Uzelven. Indien Gij de Zone Gods zijt, zo kom af van het kruis.
Finnishja sanoivat: "Sinä, joka hajotat maahan temppelin ja kolmessa päivässä sen rakennat, auta itseäsi, jos olet Jumalan Poika, ja astu alas ristiltä".
Frenchen disant: Toi qui détruis le temple, et qui le rebâtis en trois jours, sauve-toi toi-même! Si tu es le Fils de Dieu, descends de la croix!
Germanund sprachen: Der du den Tempel Gottes zerbrichst und baust ihn in drei Tagen, hilf dir selber! Bist du Gottes Sohn, so steig herab von Kreuz.
Haitian CreoleYo t'ap di: Ou menm ki te vle kraze tanp lan pou ou te rebati l' nan twa jou, sove tèt ou non! Si ou se pitit Bondye a, desann sou kwa a!
HungarianÉs ezt mondván: Te, ki lerontod a templomot és harmadnapra fölépíted, szabadítsd meg magadat; ha Isten Fia vagy, szállj le a keresztrõl!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMereka berkata, "Kau yang mau merobohkan Rumah Allah, dan membangunnya dalam tiga hari! Kalau Kau Anak Allah, turunlah dari salib itu, dan selamatkan diri-Mu!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamakatanya, "Cih, Engkau yang meruntuhkan Bait Allah dan membangunkan dia pula di dalam tiga hari, selamatkanlah diri-Mu sendiri. Jikalau Engkau Anak Allah, turunlah dari kayu salib itu!"
Italian«Tu che distruggi il tempio e lo ricostruisci in tre giorni, salva te stesso! Se tu sei Figlio di Dio, scendi dalla croce!».
LatvianUn sacîja: Tu, kas noplçs Dieva svçtnîcu un to trijâs dienâs atkal uzcel, atpestî pats sevi! Ja Tu esi Dieva Dçls, nokâp no krusta!
Manx GaelicAs gra, Uss ta lhieggal y chiamble, as dy hroggal eh reesht ayns three laa, saue oo hene: my she mac Yee oo, tar neose jeh'n chrosh.
MaoriKa mea, Ko koe hei whakahoro i te whare tapu, hei hanga ano i nga ra e toru, whakaorangia koe e koe ano. Ki te mea ko te Tama koe a te Atua, heke iho i te ripeka.
NorwegianDu som bryter ned templet og bygger det op igjen på tre dager, frels dig selv! Er du Guds Sønn, da stig ned av korset!
Rumanianwi ziceau: ,,Tu, care strici Templul, wi -l zidewti la loc kn trei zile, mkntuiewte-Te pe Tine knsuyi! Dacq ewti Tu Fiul lui Dumnezeu, pogoarq-Te de pe cruce!``
Shuartiarmiayi "Ame Yusa Uunt Jee Sáakim Menaintiú tsawantin jeamtatjai Tíchakaitiam. Nekas Yusa Uchirínkiumka Krúsnumia akaikim uwemprata" tiarmiayi.
Spanishy diciendo: --Tú que derribas el templo y en tres días lo edificas, ¡sálvate a ti mismo, si eres Hijo de Dios, y desciende de la cruz!
Swahili"Wewe! Si ulijidai kulivunja Hekalu na kulijenga kwa siku tatu? Sasa jiokoe mwenyewe. Kama wewe ni Mwana wa Mungu, basi shuka msalabani!"
Swedishoch sade: "Du som bryter ned templet och inom tre dagar bygger upp det igen, hjälp dig nu själv, om du är Guds Son, och stig ned från korset."
Umara'uli': "Nu'uli' -kona mpogero-ko Tomi Alata'ala pai' nuwangu nculii' rala-na tolu eo! Ane Ana' Alata'ala mpu'u-ko, tulungi woto-nu moto! Mana'u-moko ngkai kaju parika' tetu!"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cross

Derivations

Words beginning with "cross": crossabilities, crossability, crossable, crossarm, crossarms, crossbanded, crossbanding, crossbandings, crossbar, crossbarred, crossbarring, crossbars, crossbeam, crossbeams, crossbearer, crossbearers, crossbill, crossbills, crossbones, crossbow, crossbowman, crossbowmen, crossbows, crossbred, crossbreds, crossbreed, crossbreeding, crossbreeds, crosscheck, crosschecked, crosschecking, crosschecks, crosscourt, crosscurrent, crosscurrents, crosscut, crosscuts, crosscutting, crosscuttings, crosse, crossed, crosser, crossers, crosses, crossest, crossfire, crossfires, crosshair, crosshairs, crosshatch, crosshatched. (additional references)

Words ending with "cross": across, autocross, backcross, crisscross, incross, intercross, motocross, outcross, recross, testcross, topcross, uncross. (additional references)

Words containing "cross": autocrosses, backcrossed, backcrosses, backcrossing, crisscrossed, crisscrosses, crisscrossing, incrossed, incrosses, incrossing, intercrossed, intercrosses, intercrossing, lacrosse, lacrosses, motocrosses, noncrossover, outcrossed, outcrosses, outcrossing, recrossed, recrosses, recrossing, testcrossed, testcrosses, testcrossing, topcrosses, uncrossable, uncrossed, uncrosses, uncrossing. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cross" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caoss, Carozzi, carrozza, ceos, ciosc, corsas, corses, crassa, criss, crocsh, croes, croesi, Croeso, Crois, crons, cros, crosa, crose, crost, crous, Croz, Csos, Cvos, eross, hross, Kroisos, kross. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cross"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "cross" (pronounced krô"s)
4k r ô" sacross, lacrosse, recross.
3-r ô" sdross, Pross.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cross

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-o-r-s-s"

-1 letter: cors, coss, orcs, rocs.

-2 letters: cor, cos, orc, ors, roc, sos.

-3 letters: or, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "c-o-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: across, corses, crosse, scores, scorns, scours, scrods.

 

+2 letters: castors, censors, closers, corpses, corsacs, corsets, coshers, costars, costers, courses, cresols, crossed, crosser, crosses, crossly, cursors, escorts, escrows, frescos, incross, process, recross, roscoes, sarcous, schorls, schrods, scissor, scorers, scoters, scrolls, scroops, sectors, soccers, soucars, sources, sowcars, succors, sucrose, uncross.

 

+3 letters: bescours, borsches, borschts, carassow, carouses, choosers, choruses, chousers, chrisoms, cistrons, closures, coarsens, coarsest, coasters, colessor, compress, congress, consorts, cordless, coreless, cornuses, corpuses, corsages, corsairs, corslets, costards, costrels, coursers, creosols, crimsons, crocuses, cropless, crosiers, crossarm, crossbar, crossbow, crosscut, crossers, crossest, crossing, crosslet, crosstie, crossway, crusados, crustose, curassow, cussword, discords, escolars, focusers, frescoes, incisors, isochors, lacrosse, narcoses, narcosis, necroses, necrosis, obscures, orchises, outcross, prosects, rescores, restocks, rockless, sarcoids, sarcomas, scabrous, scariose, scarious, scherzos, scholars, scissors, sclerose, sclerous, scoffers, scolders, scoopers, scooters, scorches, scorners, scourers, scourges, scouters, scowders, scowlers, scrooges, scrotums, scrouges, shockers, siroccos, socagers, solacers, soroches, stockers, succours, sucroses, surcoats, synchros, topcross.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Names: Company Usage
19. Cities
20. Expressions
21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace
25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes
29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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