Overview of verb cross

The verb cross has 8 senses

• traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across -- (travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day")


• intersect, cross -- (meet at a point)


• thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")


• cross -- (fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs")


• cross, traverse, span, sweep -- (to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries")


• cross -- (meet and pass; "the trains crossed")


• cross -- (trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'")


• crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed -- (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")

Overview of adj crossed

The adj crossed has 2 senses

• crossed -- (placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across")


• crossed -- ((of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it)