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.
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Noun
Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025 Though veterinary professionals struggled to pinpoint his breed mix, the owner's guess has always been a cross between a Labrador and a Patterdale terrier.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Leclerc crossed the finish line in fifth place, while Gasly missed out on scoring Alpine’s first point of the season, ending up in 11th behind Oliver Bearman of Haas.—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 The two have crossed paths over the decades from summer camp to UMass — Pitino’s alma mater and Calipari’s first head coaching job — to the NBA and, most notably, to one of basketball’s most heated rivalries: Kentucky and Louisville.—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cross
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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