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CROSS
- a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
- affliction that tries one's virtue, steadfastness, or patience
- cruciform sign made to invoke the blessing of Christ especially by touching the forehead, breast, and shoulders
- device composed of an upright bar traversed by a horizontal one
- structure (as a monument) shaped like or surmounted by a cross
- figure or mark formed by two intersecting lines crossing at their midpoints
- ch a mark used as a signature
- cruciform badge, emblem, or decoration
- noyance thwarting a cross in love
- act of crossing dissimilar individuals
- crossbred individual or kind
- fraudulent or dishonest contest
- ill-tempered [adj CROSSER, CROSSEST] / to intersect [v CROSSED, CROSSES, CROSSING]
- to intersect [v CROST or CROSSED, CROSSING, CROSSES] / ill-tempered [adj CROSSER, CROSSEST]
- movement from one part of a theater stage to another
- punch thrown over the opponent's lead in boxing
- attacking pass in soccer played across the field from one side to the other or to the middle
- security transaction in which a broker acts for both buyer and seller (as in the placing of a large lot of common stock) called also cross-trade