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1. (noun) cross
a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
Synonyms: crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing
Antonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

2. (noun) crisscross, cross, mark
a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
Synonyms: hybridisation, marking, interbreeding, mark, sucker, hybridizing, crossbreeding, bell ringer, target, crisscross, print, fall guy, mug, scar, score, sign, brand, grade, chump, stigma, home run, hybridization, scratch, gull, crown of thorns, patsy, fool, marker, scrape, cross, crossing, crossbreed, stain, bull's eye, hybrid, soft touch
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

3. (noun) Cross
a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
Synonyms: crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing
Antonyms: lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

4. (noun) cross, crown of thorns
any affliction that causes great suffering
Synonyms: crossing, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossbreed, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, cross, hybridizing
Antonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

5. (noun) hybrid, crossbreed, cross
(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
Synonyms: crossing, hybridisation, loanblend, cross, crossbreed, loan-blend, crown of thorns, crisscross, hybridization, hybrid, interbreeding, mark, hybridizing, crossbreeding
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

6. (adj) hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Synonyms: hybridisation, crossing, crossroad, ford, crossbreed, intersection, mark, crisscross, hybrid, carrefour, crossbreeding, hybridization, crossover, crossway, hybridizing, cross, miscegenation, interbreeding, crown of thorns, crosswalk
Antonyms: good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

7. (adj) cross(a), transverse, transversal, thwartwise
extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
Antonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, good-natured, uncross

8. (verb) crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
annoyed and irritable
Synonyms: transversal, picky, particular, bad-tempered, busy, cross(a), transverse, cross, finicky, grumpy, grouchy, finical, crabby, crabbed, fussy, thwartwise, ill-tempered
Antonyms: good-natured, lengthways, lengthwise, uncross

9. (verb) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
travel across or pass over
Synonyms: pass across, sweep, chase after, overcompensate, handle, cut through, deal, shroud, continue, come home, span, comprehend, embrace, hybridize, queer, interbreed, encompass, cut across, address, give chase, get over, spoil, get well, surmount, go after, crosscut, pass through, plow, skip over, intersect, put over, tail, insure, brood, foil, penetrate, tag, master, trail, get through, click, report, transit, wipe, hide, frustrate, sink in, scotch, bounce back, overcome, compensate, cross, breed, traverse, underwrite, chase, move through, subdue, baffle, pass over, spread over, enshroud, jump, overlay, skip, overfly, track, cover, extend, wrap up, cover up, deny, incubate, crossbreed, dawn, thwart, bilk, get across, treat, hybridise, dog, hatch, fall into place
Antonyms: good-natured, lengthwise, lengthways, uncross

10. (verb) intersect, cross
meet at a point
Synonyms: frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, queer, cut across, bilk, hybridize, intersect, hybridise, pass over, cross, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse
Antonyms: lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

11. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms: vitiate, mar, sweep, dumbfound, plunder, foil, scupper, mystify, cut through, pamper, flub, span, dun, rape, crucify, baby, regulate, bedevil, itch, screw up, ball up, indulge, interbreed, stick, cut across, corrupt, elude, get over, deflower, spoil, puzzle, gravel, violate, beat, mollycoddle, bungle, queer, intersect, bollocks up, fumble, evade, rag, blow, bollix, torment, amaze, bewilder, fuck up, coddle, cosset, frustrate, peril, scotch, featherbed, crossbreed, cross, get, louse up, perplex, botch up, bodge, traverse, bobble, baffle, muff, bollocks, pass over, pose, fluff, vex, mishandle, endanger, foul up, stupefy, flummox, track, hybridize, cover, despoil, muck up, bumble, mess up, impair, bollix up, botch, thwart, bilk, get across, expose, go bad, hybridise, cocker, nonplus
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

12. (verb) cross
fold so as to resemble a cross
Synonyms: frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, queer, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

13. (verb) cross, traverse, span, sweep
to cover or extend over an area or time period
Synonyms: sail, cut through, get over, scotch, swing out, frustrate, spoil, cut across, foil, drag, sweep up, span, hybridize, brush, thwart, tangle, crossbreed, baffle, sweep, intersect, traverse, broom, pass over, queer, swing, drag in, cover, cross, hybridise, get across, deny, embroil, bilk, track, interbreed
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

14. (verb) cross
meet and pass
Synonyms: frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, queer, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse
Antonyms: lengthwise, good-natured, lengthways, uncross

15. (verb) cross
trace a line through or across
Synonyms: frustrate, foil, spoil, cut through, crossbreed, cover, queer, cut across, bilk, hybridize, hybridise, pass over, intersect, baffle, sweep, scotch, track, interbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, traverse
Antonyms: lengthways, good-natured, lengthwise, uncross

16. (verb) crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Synonyms: traverse, frustrate, hybridise, spoil, cut through, sweep, cover, queer, cut across, bilk, hybridize, pass over, intersect, baffle, foil, cross, scotch, track, crossbreed, thwart, span, get across, get over, interbreed
Antonyms: lengthwise, lengthways, good-natured, uncross

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