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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.
(heraldiccharge) 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).
(usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
A hand gesture made by Catholics in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Cowper
(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross ) A difficult situation that must be endured.
* Ben Jonson
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.
* Lord Dufferin
(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
(football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
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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 )
(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.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
A line drawn 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.
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
* Isaac Newton
(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
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* Jeremy Taylor
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* Dryden
Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
* Jeremy Taylor
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
(archaic) across
* L'Estrange
cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
To make or form a .
# 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 at right angles.(w)
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# To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
To move relatively.
# (label) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
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, title= # (label) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
# (label) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
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# (label) Relative movement by a player or of players.
## Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
## (label) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
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, title= (label) To oppose.
# (label) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
# To interfere and cut off; to debar.
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# (label) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
(label) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
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.
Incorrect or untrue.
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Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
Immoral, not good, bad.
Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
Not working; out of order.
Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
(obsolete) Twisted; wry.
(informal) In a way that isn't right; done incorrectly; wrongly.
Something that is immoral or not good.
An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
* (rfdate) John Dowland:
The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
* 1592', , ''Henry VI'', Part III, Act IV, Scene I, line 101. — I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the ' wrong .
The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
* 1607', , ''Timon of Athens'', Act IV, Scene III, line 28. — Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, ' wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.
To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
* The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
* 1591', , ''Henry VI'', Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 109. — Thou dost then ' wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.
To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
* 1597', , ''Henry IV'', Part II, Act IV, Scene I, line 121. — ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are ' wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong.
To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
* 1598', , ''Julius Caesar'', Act III, Scene II, line 121. — O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To '''wrong''' the dead, to '''wrong''' myself and you, Than I will ' wrong such honorable men.
Cross is a related term of wrong.
As a proper noun cross
is for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.As an adjective wrong is
incorrect or untrue.As an adverb wrong is
(informal) in a way that isn't right; done incorrectly; wrongly.As a noun wrong is
something that is immoral or not good.As a verb wrong is
to treat unjustly; to injure or harm.cross
English
Noun
(es)- Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
- Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross .
- She made the cross after swearing.
- Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray.
- 'Tis where the cross is preached.
- She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
- It's a cross I must bear.
- Heaven prepares a good man with crosses .
- A quick cross of the road.
- Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler
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- I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse.
Synonyms
* (production of cross-breeding or -fertilization) hybrid * (cross on which Christ was crucified) True CrossDerived terms
* Celtic cross * crossroads * cross-stitch * double cross * fiery cross * Latin cross * left cross * Maltese cross * Saint Andrew's cross * * True Cross * right crossAdjective
(er)- At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
- the cross refraction of the second prism
- His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
- As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences.
- a cross fortune
- the cross and unlucky issue of my design
- The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvellously cross to the common experience of mankind.
- We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross , / One must be happy by the other's loss.
- She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
- Please don't get cross''' at me.'' (or) ''Please don't get '''cross with me.
- He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
- cross interrogatories
- cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
Synonyms
* (opposite to) contrarily, opposed, reverse, antipodal * (mildly angry) angry, annoyed, irritatedDerived terms
* cross cut * cross-examine * crossly * cross-multiplication * crosspatch * cross purposes * cross-section * cross-wisePreposition
(English prepositions)- She walked cross the mountains.
- A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village.
- The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
Verb
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- Your kind letter crossed mine.
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- to cross me from the golden time I look for
Synonyms
* (to cross-fertilize or crossbreed) cross-fertilize, crossbreedDerived terms
* crossing * cross off * cross one's arms * cross one's fingers * cross one's heart * cross one's legs * cross out * cross over * crossover * cross paths * cross someone's palm * cross the aisle * crosswordwrong
English
Adjective
- Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong .
- Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe
- You're wrong : he's not Superman at all.
- It is wrong to lie.
- A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
- Something is wrong with my cellphone .
- Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong .
- a wrong nose
Usage notes
* The single-word comparative and superlative forms wronger and wrongest are no longer in common use, except humorously; rather, the locutions “more wrong” and “most wrong” are preferred. * When wrong is used attributively, before a noun, the noun is usually treated as definite, using the article the; hence, for example, one says, “I dialed the wrong number”, “he gave the wrong answer”, and “she took the wrong approach”, even though there are many possible wrong numbers, answers, and approaches, of which only one was dialed, given, or taken.Synonyms
* injurious * unjust * faulty * detrimental * unfit * unsuitable *Derived terms
* wrength * wrongly * wrongfulAntonyms
* rightQuotations
* 2007 January 3, Ken Miller, “The Collapse of Intelligent Design: Will the next Monkey Trial be in Ohio?”, Case Western University, Strosacker Auditorium *: that statement is wrong. Now that's not an incidental statement, that is the heart and soul of the Intelligent Design argument, and in this case it turns out to be wrong. Now it's even wronger than that [laughter ] because it turns out that not only do these proteins make up the Type-III Secretory Apparatus but almost every protein in the bacerial flagellum is strongly homologous to proteins that have other functions elsewhere in the cell.Adverb
(en adverb)- I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
Noun
(wikipedia wrong) (en noun)- Injustice is a heinous wrong .
- Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?