cross

cross
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noun
1 mark made by drawing one line across another
VERB + CROSS
▪ draw, put
▪

I've put a cross on the map to show where the hotel is.

2 Christian symbol
ADJECTIVE
▪ gold, silver, stone, wooden
▪

She wore a gold cross on a chain around her neck.

▪

The grave was marked with a stone cross.

▪ market (esp. in the UK)
▪ Celtic
VERB + CROSS
▪ wear
PREPOSITION
▪ on the cross
▪

a painting of Christ on the cross

PHRASES
▪ (make) the sign of the cross
▪

The priest blessed her, and made the sign of the cross over her.

3 in football/soccer or hockey
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep, low, perfect
PREPOSITION
▪ cross by, cross from
▪

a deep cross from Reed

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verb
ADVERB
▪ quickly, slowly
▪ safely, successfully
▪

Children must be taught to cross the road safely.

▪ back, over
▪

Let's cross over now while the road is clear.

VERB + CROSS
▪ try to
▪

They were arrested trying to cross the border.

PREPOSITION
▪ from, into
▪

They crossed from the States into Canada.

▪ over
▪

We crossed over the river into Sweden.

Cross is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bridge, ↑expression, ↑ferry, ↑flicker, ↑footpath, ↑frown, ↑letter, ↑pipeline, ↑road, ↑route, ↑smile, ↑smirk, ↑trail, ↑troops
Cross is used with these nouns as the object: ↑airspace, ↑arm, ↑ball, ↑barrier, ↑border, ↑boundary, ↑bow, ↑bridge, ↑chasm, ↑continent, ↑creek, ↑desert, ↑desk, ↑distance, ↑divide, ↑equator, ↑face, ↑freeway, ↑frontier, ↑ground, ↑lake, ↑leg, ↑limit, ↑mind, ↑mountain, ↑ocean, ↑pass, ↑path, ↑plain, ↑prairie, ↑river, ↑road, ↑room, ↑sea, ↑stream, ↑street, ↑sword, ↑terrain, ↑threshold, ↑track, ↑yard
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adj. (esp. BrE)
VERBS
▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound
▪ become, get
▪

I'm going to get very cross before long.

▪ make sb
▪

It really makes me cross to see people dropping litter in the street.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ a little, slightly, etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

Are you still cross about me forgetting the flowers?

▪ at
▪

She was very cross at the way she'd been treated.

▪ for
▪ with
▪

She was very cross with him for being late.

Cross is used with these nouns: ↑word

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