cross

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.

Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.

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).

Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.

(usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.

A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.

She made the cross after swearing.

A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.

She was wearing a cross on her necklace.

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

It's a cross I must bear.

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

A quick cross of the road.

An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.

A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.

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 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.

Church lands.

A line drawn across or through another line.

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.

The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.

Crossfire.

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