Definitions For Cross

noun

  • (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
  • (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
  • A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
  • A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
  • A marking that consists of lines that cross each other
  • Any affliction that causes great suffering
  • A long piece of wood with a shorter piece across it near the top that people were once fastened to and left to die on as a form of punishment
  • The cross on which Jesus Christ died
  • An object or image in the shape of a cross that is used as a symbol of Christianity

verb

  • Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
  • Trace a line through or across
  • Travel across or pass over
  • Meet and pass
  • Fold so as to resemble a cross
  • Meet at a point
  • Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  • To cover or extend over an area or time period
  • To go from one side of (something) to the other : to go across (something)
  • To go or pass across each other
  • To place one arm, leg, etc., over the other

adjective

  • Annoyed and irritable
  • Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

Is Crosses a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Cross is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Cross in a Sentence

  • 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.
  • We crossed the state border hours ago.
  • The dog crossed the street.
  • The highway crosses the entire state.
  • I didn't mean to make you cross.
  • I was cross with her for being so careless.

Synonyms for Cross

Antonyms for Crosses

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