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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The courtyard garden is filled with massive palms and other plants that make the space feel like a cross between a Mediterranean and tropical oasis, created in collaboration with landscape artist Blu Mambor.—Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024 On cross examination by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Rothblatt, however, Mitziga eventually admitted to lying.—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Verb
Commerce, the beloved West Village spot that closed in 2015, will be reborn uptown, as Cafe Commerce (September; 964 Lexington Ave.); fingers crossed that the steak Diane and coconut cake survive the revival.—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2024 Its grosses currently stand at $924 million, but are likely to cross $1 billion this weekend or next.—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cross
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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
Old English cros, probably from an early Norse or an early Irish word derived from Latin crux "cross" — related to crucial, cruise, crusade, crux, excruciating
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