What is the meaning of crossed?

verb

  • Travel across or pass over.
    • usage: "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  • Meet at a point.
  • Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
    • usage: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • 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"
  • 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"

adjective

  • Placed crosswise.
    • usage: "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across"
  • Of a check. ( marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it).
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APAWordNet. (2010). crossed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/crossed/definitions/1171696
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