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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : kraws, kros
Phonetic Transcription : krɔs, krɒs



Definition of cross

Origin :
  • Old English cros (mid-10c.), from Old Irish cros, probably via Scandinavian, from Latin crux (accusative crucem, genitive crucis) "stake, cross" on which criminals were impaled or hanged, hence, figuratively, "torture, trouble, misery;" originally a tall, round pole; possibly of Phoenician origin. Replaced Old English rood. Also from Latin crux are Italian croce, French croix, Spanish and Portuguese cruz, Dutch kruis, German Kreuz.
  • adj very angry; in a bad mood
  • verb traverse an area
  • verb intersect, lie across
  • verb hybridize, mix
  • verb betray, hinder
Example sentences :
  • There was now but "one wide river to cross," and the cars rolled on to the bridge.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Then there was another stream to cross, which was also passed in safety.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • The legions which she sends forth are armed, not with the sword, but with the cross.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • At least they ought not to have been permitted to cross the Saltketcher.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • I'm not used to be cross, and my own crossness is much harder to bear than theirs.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The gulf which separates parents and children is one which the parents must cross.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • This grade I had to cross; and I was greatly afraid that I would meet some one.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • When cross, which she was sometimes, though very rarely, she tried to be pleasant.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • What was there in this cross girl to remind any one in his senses of Mrs. Evan Roberts?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • "I think that it would be well that we should cross," said Sir Nigel.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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