crossed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb travel across or pass over
   traverse; track; pass over; get across; cover; cross; cut through; get over; cut across.
   
   • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
2. verb meet at a point
   cross; intersect.
   
3. verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
   
   • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
   • foil your opponent
4. verb fold so as to resemble a cross
   cross.
   
   • she crossed her legs
5. verb to cover or extend over an area or time period
   traverse; span; cross; sweep.
   
   • Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres
   • The novel spans three centuries
6. verb meet and pass
   cross.
   
   • the trains crossed
7. verb trace a line through or across
   cross.
   
   • cross your `t'
8. verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
   hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross; hybridise.
   
   • cross a horse and a donkey
   • Mendel tried crossbreeding
   • these species do not interbreed
9. adjective placed crosswise
   
   • spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers
   • crossed forks
   • seated with arms across
10. adjective (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it
    

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