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(verb) meet and pass; "the trains crossed" |
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Related Words: cross, intersect |
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(verb) fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs" |
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Related Words: fold, fold up, turn up |
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Antonyms: uncross |
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(satellite adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations" |
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Synonyms: crossing, thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
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(verb) to cover a wide area; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres" |
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Synonyms: span, sweep, traverse |
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Related Words: cover, extend |
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(noun) a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry |
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Related Words: Calvary cross, Celtic cross, Greek cross, Jerusalem cross, Latin cross, Lorraine cross, Maltese cross, St. Andrew's cross, St. Anthony's cross, cross of Calvary, cross of Lorraine, crucifix, emblem, papal cross, patriarchal cross, rood, rood-tree, saltire, tau cross |
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(noun) a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
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Related Words: construction, structure |
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(noun) any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" |
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Synonyms: crown of thorns |
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Related Words: affliction |
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(verb) meet at a point |
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Synonyms: intersect |
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Related Words: come across, cross, encounter, foregather, forgather, meet, ran into, run across, see |
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(noun) marking consisting of crossing lines |
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Synonyms: crisscross, mark |
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Related Words: marking |
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(satellite adjective) perversely irritable |
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Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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(verb) travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
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Synonyms: cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
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Related Words: bridge, crisscross, ford, go across, go through, hop, jaywalk, pass, stride, walk |
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(noun) the act of mixing different breeds of animals |
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Synonyms: crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
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Related Words: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union |
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(verb) to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge." |
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Synonyms: baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
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Related Words: dash, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, ruin, short-circuit |
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