The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points / A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis. / (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.

A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.

(transitive) To provide something with a cross-reference. / To compare two or more sources of information.

(informal, originally Cambridge University) A close friend. / (informal) A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.

(obsolete) An old woman; a crone.

(basketball) A maneuver in which a dribbling player rapidly switches the ball from one side to the other in order to move around a defender.

(idiomatic) By any means possible; one way or another.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To get confused or mixed up about another person's intentions; to misunderstand one another.