Meaning

7 senses
  1. Transverse; lying across the main direction.

    At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.

    quer

    попере́чныйpoperéčnyj, перекрёстныйperekrjóstnyj

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

  2. (UK)(of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.

    They exchanged a few cross words.

    She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.

    verärgert, böse

    серди́тыйserdítyj

  3. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.

    cross interrogatories

    cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other

  4. Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

  5. (archaic)Opposite, opposed to.

    His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.

    entgegengesetzt, gegenüber

    противополо́жныйprotivopolóžnyj

    протиле́жнийprotyléžnyj

  6. (archaic)Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.

  7. (archaic)Dishonest.

Examples

1429 sentences
  1. I crossed the river by boat.

    Я переправився через річку на човні. — deniko

    ruЯ переправился через реку на лодке. — sharptoothed

    deIch überquerte den Fluss per Schiff. — al_ex_an_der

  2. I saw him cross the street.

    Я бачив, як він переходив дорогу. — deniko

    ruЯ видел, как он переходил улицу. — marafon

    deIch habe ihn die Straße überqueren sehen. — MUIRIEL

  3. I saw him cross the road.

    Я бачив, як він переходив дорогу. — deniko

    ruЯ видел, как он переходил дорогу. — marafon

  4. I want to cross this bridge.

    Я хочу перейти на інший бік цього мосту. — deniko

  5. I saw Tom cross the street.

    Я бачив, як Том переходить вулицю. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
opposite, opposed to:
Русский
By meaning 3
transverse; lying across the main direction:
opposite, opposed to:
angry, annoyed:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
transverse; lying across the main direction:
opposite, opposed to:
angry, annoyed:

Origin

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kro

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Doublet of crouch (“cross”) and crux. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois.

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Forms

crosser, crossest
Comparativecrosser Lesson
Superlativecrossest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • cross the street
  • crossed the border
  • cross the river
  • cross the road
  • to cross the
  • cross the bridge
  • cross the finish
  • cross that bridge
  • cross this bridge
  • crossed my mind
  • cross legged on
  • fingers crossed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cross — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto