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A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

(Christianity) The Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified.

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the Cross.

(Christianity) Any representation of the Crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelery, etc.

(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.

The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.

(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.

A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as ''Gerrards Cross'').

A monument that marks such a place.

(obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.

(obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.

A line across or through another line.

(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.

(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.

(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.

(slang) Crossfire.

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.

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

(chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.

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

(nautical) 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.

(archaic) Across.

The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

To make or form a cross.

To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.

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

To mark with an X.

To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.

To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

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

(UK, Oxford University, slang, obsolete) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.

To move relatively.

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

To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

(sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.

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

(football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

(rugby) To score a try.

(social) To oppose.

To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

(obsolete) To interfere and cut off; to debar.

(law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.

(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.

To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.