- cross, transverse, transversal, thwartwise - 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"
Antonyms: lengthwise, lengthways (indirect, via crosswise)
- crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered - perversely irritable
Antonym: good-natured (indirect, via ill-natured)
- cross - a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
--1 is a kind of structure, construction
- crisscross, cross, mark - marking consisting of crossing lines
--2 is a kind of marking
Derived form: verb cross7 - cross - a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry
--3 is a kind of emblem
--3 has particulars:- cross, crown of thorns - any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
--4 is a kind of affliction
Derived form: verb cross3 - hybrid, crossbreed, cross - 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"
--5 is a kind of organism, being
--5 has particulars: crossbred; dihybrid; monohybridDerived form: verb cross8 - hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
--6 is a kind of coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
--6 has particulars:dihybrid cross; monohybrid cross; reciprocal cross, reciprocal; testcross, test-cross Derived form: verb cross8 - crisscross, cross, mark - marking consisting of crossing lines
- traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
--1 is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun crossing5, noun crossing1, noun crossing7
These men cross the river
- intersect, cross - meet at a point
--2 is one way to meet, ran into, encounter, run across, come across, see
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun crossing3, noun crossing4
Our properties cross at this point
His fields cross mine at this point
- thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
--3 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun cross4
Sam cannot cross Sue
- cross - fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"
--4 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Antonyms: uncross
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- cross, traverse, span, sweep - 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"
--5 is one way to cover, extend
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- cross - meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
--6 is one way to intersect, cross
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- cross - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"
--7 is one way to write
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun cross2
Somebody ----s something
- crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed - 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"
--8 is one way to breed
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun cross5, noun crossing6, noun cross6
Somebody ----s something
- cross - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"