Noun a necklace with a gold cross The teacher marked the absent students on her list with crosses. Those who could not write signed their names with a cross. Verb We crossed the state border hours ago. The dog crossed the street. The highway crosses the entire state. He was the first runner to cross the finish line. The train crosses through France. Put a nail where the boards cross. One line crossed the other. Adjective I didn't mean to make you cross. I was cross with her for being so careless. See More
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Noun
According to the report’s author Joel Wuthnow, the PLA’s senior leaders could face similar problems due to their lack of cross-training. Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022 No one wants to buy the century-old company’s sturdy but boring men’s shoes, so Charlie gets a brainstorm to fill an unserved market niche by making sturdy, high-heeled fetish boots for cross-dressers. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 To turn around and travel cross-country for a Thursday night road game against Russell Wilson and the Broncos is not an ideal spot. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2022 Much as former president Barack Obama did during his historic campaign in 2008, the candidates are using their personal stories and life experiences to connect with a cross-section of voters. Tim Craig, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 Dull edges on household scissors could potentially give you even more split ends (plus, ew, cross-contamination). Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 13 Sep. 2022 Much as Barack Obama did during his historic presidential campaign in 2008, the candidates are using their personal stories and life experiences to connect with a cross-section of voters. Tim Craig, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 Now: Moline Police announce missing person Steve Asplund's body found in Missouri by Quad-City Times on YouTube Earlier this year, the body was exhumed in St. Louis and a DNA cross-examination revealed Asplund's identity. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022 Characters are at cross-purposes with one another, but their listening is perhaps even more resonant than their speaking. Charles Mcnulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
Verb
Abbott is busing migrants who are in the country illegally from Texas to U.S. cities with Democratic mayors as part of a strategy to share the influx of people who cross into his border state.Chron, 5 Sep. 2022 With Nitya Nritya Festival, dancer aims to introduce India’s styles to Utah audiences, and cross cultures, too. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Centennial’s Antonio Camacho-Bucks, the boys 2021 Howard County Times cross country athlete of the year, returns for his senior season. Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 Kherson sits on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which Russian troops must cross to enter, resupply or leave the city. Daniel Michaels, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 The incident occurred early Friday north of Columbia Boulevard, where train tracks cross the slough, KOIN reported, citing Portland Fire & Rescue officials.oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 In Arizona, when migrants cross between ports of entry and are picked up by Border Patrol, they're processed by the federal agency, then released to a non-governmental organization in Yuma, where they're offered the bus rides, Karamargin said. Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 From track and cross country to football and basketball, Price has played the sport before. Lauren Kobley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 Temperatures in the 90s, and heat indexes soaring above 100 create challenging conditions for fall sports, for football players in pads and cross country runners who are sweating out miles in practice and then competing in 5,000-meter races. Chris Martucci, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Preposition, and Adverb
Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin cruc-, crux
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a