Across vs. Cross

Across vs. Cross — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Across and Cross

Acrosspreposition

To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

We rowed across the river.Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.He came across the street to meet me.

Crossnoun

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.

Acrosspreposition

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

That store is across the street.

Crossnoun

(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

Acrosspreposition

across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).

Crossnoun

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.
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Acrosspreposition

From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

The meteor streaked across the sky.He walked across the room.Could you slide that across the table to me, please?

Crossnoun

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

Acrosspreposition

At or near the far end of (a space).

Crossnoun

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.

She made the cross after swearing.

Acrosspreposition

Spanning.

This poetry speaks across the centuries.

Crossnoun

(Christianity) 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.
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Acrosspreposition

Throughout.

All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.

Crossnoun

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

It's a cross I must bear.

Acrosspreposition

So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.

Lay the top stick across the bottom one.She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.

Crossnoun

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

A quick cross of the road.

Acrosspreposition

In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.

As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues.

Crossnoun

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

Acrossadverb

From one side to the other.

she helped the blind man across;the river is half a mile across

Crossnoun

(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.

Acrossadverb

On the other side.

If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?

Crossnoun

(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.

Acrossadverb

In a particular direction.

He leaned across for a book.

Crossnoun

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

Acrossadverb

(crosswords) Horizontally.

I got stuck on 4 across.

Crossnoun

A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).

Acrossnoun

A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.

I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses

Crossnoun

A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)

Acrossadjective

placed crosswise;

spoken with a straight face but crossed fingerscrossed forksseated with arms across

Crossnoun

(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.

Acrossadverb

to the opposite side;

the football field was 300 feet across

Crossnoun

Church lands.

Acrossadverb

in such a manner as to be understood and accepted;

she cannot get her ideas across

Crossnoun

A line drawn across or through another line.

Acrossadverb

transversely;

the marble slabs were cut across

Crossnoun

(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

Crossnoun

A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.

Crossnoun

(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.

Crossnoun

(cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.

Crossadjective

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.

Crossadjective

(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.

His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.

Crossadjective

Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.

Crossadjective

Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.

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.

Crossadjective

Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.

cross interrogatoriescross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other

Crosspreposition

(archaic) across

She walked cross the mountains.

Crosspreposition

cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.

Crossverb

To make or form a cross.

Crossverb

To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.

She frowned and crossed her arms.

Crossverb

To lay or draw something across, such as a line.

to cross the letter t

Crossverb

To mark with an X.

Cross the box which applies to you.

Crossverb

To write lines at right angles.W

Crossverb

To make the sign of the cross over oneself.

Crossverb

To move relatively.

Crossverb

(transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.

Why did the chicken cross the road?You need to cross the street at the lights.

Crossverb

(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

Ships crossing from starboard have right-of-way.

Crossverb

(transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.

Crossverb

(sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.

Crossverb

(social) To oppose.

Crossverb

(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

"You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.

Crossverb

To interfere and cut off; to debar.

Crossverb

(legal) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.

Crossverb

(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.

They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.

Crossverb

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.

Crossnoun

a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

Crossnoun

marking consisting of crossing lines

Crossnoun

a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry

Crossnoun

any affliction that causes great suffering;

that is his cross to bearhe bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns

Crossnoun

an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species;

a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey

Crossnoun

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Crossverb

travel across or pass over;

The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Crossverb

meet at a point

Crossverb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surgefoil your opponent

Crossverb

fold so as to resemble a cross;

she crossed her legs

Crossverb

to cover or extend over an area or time period;

Rivers traverse the valley floorThe parking lot spans 3 acresThe novel spans three centuries

Crossverb

meet and pass;

the trains crossed

Crossverb

trace a line through or across;

cross your `t'

Crossverb

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties;

cross a horse and a donkeyMendel tried crossbreedingthese species do not interbreed

Crossadjective

extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis;

cross members should be all steelfrom the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefullytransversal vibrationstransverse colon

Crossadjective

perversely irritable