OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 6005

cross

/kɹɒs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atravesado • de través • transversal
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
the cross refraction of the second prism
contrario
Opposite, opposed to.
His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
de morros • enfadado • enfurruñado
(of someone) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed; (of words) tinged with anger.
She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
They exchanged a few cross words.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 6006

cross

/kɹɒs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cruzar
To make or form a cross.
She frowned and crossed her arms.
marcar con una cruz
To make or form a cross.
Cross the box which applies to you.
atravesar • cruzar • pasar
To move relatively.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
You need to cross the street at the lights.
cruzar
To move relatively.
Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
centrar
To move relatively.
He crossed the ball into the penalty area.
contrariar • cruzar • llevar la contraria
To oppose.
"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
At length I begged him, with all the earnestness I felt, to tell me what had occurred to cross him so unusually, and to let me sympathize with him, if I could not hope to advise hi…
cruzar
To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
Question: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? Answer : El-if-I-no.
They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.