1. Placed crosswise
   "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks" 
2. (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it

1. Travel across or pass over
   - traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across 
2. Meet at a point
   - intersect 
3. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   - thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk 
4. Fold so as to resemble a cross
   "she crossed her legs" 
5. To cover or extend over an area or time period
   - traverse, span, sweep 
6. Meet and pass
   "the trains crossed" 
7. Trace a line through or across
   "cross your 't'" 
8. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
   "cross a horse and a donkey"
   - crossbreed, hybridize, hybridise [Brit], interbreed

See also: crossing, crosstown, cross-town, decussate, double cross, intersectant, intersecting

Type of: breed, come across, continue, cover, encounter, extend, fold, fold up, forbid, foreclose, forestall, go across, go through, meet, pass, preclude, prevent, run across, run into, see, turn up, write

Antonym: uncross, uncrossed

Encyclopedia: Cross, County Mayo Cross, Croyde Cross, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Cross Cross, Buffalo County, WI Cross, West Virginia Cross, Wisconsin Cross, WV Cross, Somerset Cross, WI

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