cross ing

A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.

(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

(Christianity) Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.

(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.

The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.

(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

(soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.

A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).

A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)

A line across or through another line.

(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.

(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.

(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.

(slang) Crossfire.

(obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.

(obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.

(archaic) A betrayal; dishonest practices, especially deliberately losing a sporting contest.

(Christianity) The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.

A number of places with the name "Cross":

A place in the United Kingdom:

A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).

A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)

A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).

A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).

A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).

A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).

A place in Ireland:

A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.

A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.

An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.

A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.

A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.

(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”). [(Christianity) The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.]

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

(chiefly British, Ottawa Valley) (of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.

Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.

(nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.

(now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.

(archaic) Dishonest.

To make or form a cross.

To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.

To lay or draw something across, such as a line.

To mark with an X.

To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ

(reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

(transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).

To move relatively.

(transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.

(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

(transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

(sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.

(cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.

(soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

(rugby) To score a try.

(social) To oppose.

(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

(law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.

(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.

(transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.

(UK, Oxford University, slang, obsolete, transitive) To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.

(transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off ; to debar.