Noun
a necklace with a gold cross
The teacher marked the absent students on her list with crosses.
Those who could not write signed their names with a cross. Verb
We crossed the state border hours ago.
The dog crossed the street.
The highway crosses the entire state.
He was the first runner to cross the finish line.
The train crosses through France.
Put a nail where the boards cross.
One line crossed the other. Adjective
I didn't mean to make you cross.
I was cross with her for being so careless.
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Noun
Ezequiel Ponce, on the counter-attack, played a first-touch cross from the right side to Bogusz for a tap-in goal in the 12th minute.—ABC News,
25 July 2026 Colorado worked the ball wide, delivered a cross and Loïc Williams scored the winner.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2026
Verb
Those include boys cross country, wrestling (duals or traditional), tennis and golf and girls cross country, cheerleading (competition or gameday), flag football, tennis and golf.—
Chip Saye,
AJC.com,
30 July 2026 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha reported on X that the object that crossed into Poland was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cross
Word History
Etymology
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Preposition, and Adverb
Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse or Old Irish; Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin cruc-, crux
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Old English cros, probably from an early Norse or an early Irish word derived from Latin crux "cross" — related to crucial, cruise, crusade, crux, excruciating
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