DICTOMETER

CROSS(PRENOMINAL)

1. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Crisscross
   • Cross
   • Mark
   Definitions:
   • a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified
   • used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   • Crown of thorns
   Definitions:
   • any affliction that causes great suffering
   Examples:
   • That is his cross to bear
   • He bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hybrid
   • Crossbreed
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • (genetics) 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
   Examples:
   • A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Hybridization
   • Hybridisation
   • Crossbreeding
   • Crossing
   • Cross
   • Interbreeding
   • Hybridizing
   Definitions:
   • (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Traverse
   • Track
   • Cover
   • Cross
   • Pass over
   • Get over
   • Get across
   • Cut through
   • Cut across
   Definitions:
   • travel across or pass over
   Examples:
   • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
   Antonyms:
   uncross
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Intersect
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • meet at a point
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Thwart
   • Queer
   • Spoil
   • Scotch
   • Foil
   • Cross
   • Frustrate
   • Baffle
   • Bilk
   Definitions:
   • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   Examples:
   • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
   • Foil your opponent
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • fold so as to resemble a cross
   Examples:
   • She crossed her legs
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   • Traverse
   • Span
   • Sweep
   Definitions:
   • to cover or extend over an area or time period
   Examples:
   • Rivers traverse the valley floor, The parking lot spans 3 acres
   • The novel spans three centuries
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • meet and pass
   Examples:
   • The trains crossed
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   Definitions:
   • trace a line through or across
   Examples:
   • Cross your `t'
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Crossbreed
   • Cross
   • Hybridize
   • Hybridise
   • Interbreed
   Definitions:
   • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
   Examples:
   • Cross a horse and a donkey
   • Mendel tried crossbreeding
   • These species do not interbreed
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Cross
   • Transverse
   • Transversal
   • Thwartwise
   Definitions:
   • extending or lying across
   • in a crosswise direction
   • at right angles to the long axis
   Examples:
   • Cross members should be all steel
   • From the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully
   • Transversal vibrations
   • Transverse colon
   Antonyms:
   • Lengthwise
   • Lengthways
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Crabbed
   • Crabby
   • Cross
   • Fussy
   • Grouchy
   • Grumpy
   • Bad-tempered
   • Ill-tempered
   Definitions:
   • annoyed and irritable
   Antonyms:
   • Good-natured