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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.
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Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
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Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
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A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
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Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
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(usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
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A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
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She made the cross after swearing.
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A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
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She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
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(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
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It's a cross I must bear.
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The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
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A quick cross of the road.
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An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
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(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
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A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
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A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
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A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
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A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
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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.
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Church lands.
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A line drawn across or through another line.
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An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
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A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
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(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
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The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
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Crossfire.