English Dictionary

cross

/kɹɒs/

noun

A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

She wore a cross necklace to the party.

意味（1）

A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.

意味（2）

(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

意味（3）

A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.

意味（4）

(Christianity) Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.

From the dim landscape roll the clouds away— / The Christians have regained their heritage; / Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray, / And many a monastery decks the stage, / And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage.

意味（5）

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.

She made the cross after swearing.

意味（6）

(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.

She was wearing a cross on her necklace.

意味（7）

(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.

It's a cross I must bear.

意味（8）

The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other

A quick cross of the road.

意味（9）

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

意味（10）

(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.

Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler

意味（11）

(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

意味（12）

(soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.

And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.

意味（13）

A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).

意味（14）

A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)

意味（15）

(obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.

I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse.

意味（16）

(obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.

the church-lands lying within the same, which were called the Cross

意味（17）

A line drawn across or through another line.

意味（18）

(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

意味（19）

A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.

意味（20）

(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.

意味（21）

(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.

意味（22）

(slang) crossfire.