What is the meaning of Cross?

noun

• A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece.
• A marking that consists of lines that cross each other.
  • synonyms: crisscross, mark
• A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry.
• Any affliction that causes great suffering.
  • usage: "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
  • synonyms: crown of thorns
• 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. (
  • usage: "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
  • synonyms: hybrid, crossbreed
• Genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
  • synonyms: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, interbreeding, hybridizing

verb

• Travel across or pass over.
  • usage: "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  • synonyms: traverse, track, cover, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
• Meet at a point.
  • synonyms: intersect
• Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
  • usage: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Fold so as to resemble a cross.
  • usage: "she crossed her legs"
• To cover or extend over an area or time period.
  • usage: "Rivers traverse the valley floor, "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
  • synonyms: traverse, span, sweep
• Meet and pass.
  • usage: "the trains crossed"
• Trace a line through or across.
  • usage: "cross your `t'"
• Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
  • usage: "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
  • synonyms: crossbreed, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed

adjective

• Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.
  • usage: "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"
  • synonyms: transverse, transversal, thwartwise
• Annoyed and irritable.
  • synonyms: crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered