Definition of Cross

Noun

• (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
  hybridization hybridisation crossbreeding crossing interbreeding hybridizing
• (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 mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
  hybrid crossbreed
• any affliction that causes great suffering
  "that is his cross to bear"
  "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
  - crown of thorns
• a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified
  used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
  
• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
  crisscross mark
• a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
  

Verb

• 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"
  crossbreed hybridize hybridise interbreed
• trace a line through or across
  "cross your `t'"
  
• meet and pass
  "the trains crossed"
  
• 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"
  traverse span sweep
• fold so as to resemble a cross
  "she crossed her legs"
  
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
  "foil your opponent"
  thwart queer spoil scotch foil frustrate baffle bilk
• meet at a point
  intersect
• travel across or pass over
  "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  traverse track cover - pass over - get over - get across - cut through - cut across

Adjective

• annoyed and irritable
  crabbed crabby fussy grouchy grumpy - bad tempered - ill tempered
• extending or lying across
  in a crosswise direction
  at right angles to the long axis
  "cross members should be all steel"
  "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"
  "transversal vibrations"
  "transverse colon"
  transverse transversal thwartwise

Word games points for the Cross

• Scrabble® score of the cross (7)
• Word Chums® score of the cross (10)
• Words With Friends® score of the cross (8)

Unscramble cross

17 unscramble word found using the letters cross.

cor, cors, cos, coss, cross, or, orc, orcs, ors, os, roc, rocs, sc, so, soc, socs, sos,