Meaning

18 senses
  1. To make or form a cross.

    To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.

    She frowned and crossed her arms.

    verschränken

    скре́щиватьskréščivatʹ, скрести́тьskrestítʹ

    схре́щуватиsxréščuvaty, схрести́тиsxrestýty

  2. To lay or draw something across, such as a line.

    to cross the letter t

    trace a line through or across

  3. To mark with an X.

    Cross the box which applies to you.

    ankreuzen

  4. To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.( Crossed letter on WikipediaWikipedia )

  5. (reflexive)To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

    sich bekreuzigen

    крести́тьсяkrestítʹsja, перекрести́тьсяperekrestítʹsja

    хрести́тисяxrestýtysja, перехрести́тисяperexrestýtysja

  6. (transitive)To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).

    fold so as to resemble a cross

  7. To move relatively.

    (transitive)To go from one side of (something) to the other.

    Why did the chicken cross the road?

    You need to cross the street at the lights.

    kreuzen, überqueren

    пересека́тьperesekátʹ, пересе́чьpereséčʹ, переходи́тьperexodítʹ

    перетина́тиperetynáty, перетну́тиperetnúty

  8. (intransitive)To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

    Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.

    kreuzen

    пересека́тьperesekátʹ, пересе́чьpereséčʹ

  9. (transitive)To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

    November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten Esq. Your kind letter crossed mine.

  10. Relative movement by a player or of players.

    Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.

  11. To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

    He crossed the ball into the penalty area.

    meet and pass

  12. To score a try.

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 3
to place across; to cause to intersect:
make the sign of the cross over oneself:
go from one side of something to the other:
Русский
By meaning 3
to place across; to cause to intersect:
make the sign of the cross over oneself:
go from one side of something to the other:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to place across; to cause to intersect:
mark with an X:
make the sign of the cross over oneself:
go from one side of something to the other:
contradict or frustrate the plans of:

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

crosses, crossing, crossed, crossed
Base formcross · to cross
3rd person singularcrosses
Present participlecrossing
Past simplecrossed
Past participlecrossed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycross
he, she, itcrosses

Past simpleLesson

all personscrossed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crossed
he, she, ithas crossed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cross

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

24 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

43 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