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
Salazar’s anonymity dissolved during Tuesday’s cross-up controversy with Framber Valdez.—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 With PitchCom now used to relay pitch calls, a cross-up between pitcher and catcher has become nearly obsolete.—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
On a cloudy Tuesday afternoon, a few hundred feet away, 46-year-old Nicole Jones and 51-year-old Desiree Maestas crossed onto North Lipan Street, discussing the change to come.—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025 On Wednesday, Poland confirmed that 19 Russian drones crossed its borders, four of which were shot down with NATO help.—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 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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