cross

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(noun): 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.
(noun): Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
(noun): A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
(noun): (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
(noun): A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
(noun): A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
(noun): (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
(noun): The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
(noun): An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
(noun): (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
(noun): A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
(noun): A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
(noun): A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
(noun): A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
(noun): 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.
(noun): Church lands.
(noun): A line drawn across or through another line.
(noun): An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
(noun): A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
(noun): (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
(noun): The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
(noun): Crossfire.
(verb): To make or form a cross.
(verb): To move relatively.
(verb): (social) To oppose.
(verb): To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
(verb): 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.
(adjective): Transverse; lying across the main direction.
(adjective): Opposite, opposed to.
(adjective): Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
(adjective): Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
(adjective): Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
(preposition): Across
(preposition): Cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

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.
She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
It's a cross I must bear.