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
Trip #4 Goblin + Elf cross (2 minutes) with Chest #4
Goblin can’t make a third trip, so Elf + Satyr must return for the final chest (3 minutes)
5 minutes + 22 minutes = 27 minutes — Troll, Dwarf and Goblin, plus 4 chests are on the far side.—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 So goes a single day with Doctor Odyssey, a cross between The Love Boat and ER filtered through the lunatic mind of Ryan Murphy and the nuttiest, most delightful new series in a minute.—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
Metro Police were forced to shut down 14th street, a major road across the National Mall, because so many pedestrians were crossing.—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 The advisory recommends placing devices in airplane mode before crossing to prevent unintended downloads of remote files, which could complicate screenings.—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 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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