Qu'est-ce qu'un cross?
Qu'est-ce qu'un cross?
- An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.
- The upright post with a transverse piece upon which Jesus was crucified.
- A crucifix.
- Any of various modifications of the cross design, such as a Latin cross or Maltese cross.
- A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of a cross.
- The Christian religion; Christianity.
- In Christianity, a sign made by tracing the outline of a cross with the right hand upon the forehead and chest as a devotional act.
- A trial, affliction, or frustration. See Synonyms at burden1.
- A mark or pattern formed by the intersection of two lines, especially such a mark (X) used as a signature.
- A movement from one place to another, as on a stage; a crossing.
- A pipe fitting with four branches in upright and transverse form, used as a junction for intersecting pipes.
- Biology A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid.
- Biology The process of crossbreeding; hybridization.
- One that combines the qualities of two other things: a novel that is a cross between romance and satire.
- Sports A hook thrown over an opponent's punch in boxing.
- Law An act or instance of cross-examining; a cross-examination.
- The Southern Cross.
- Slang A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged.
- To go or extend across; pass from one side of to the other: crossed the room to greet us; a bridge that crosses the bay.
- To carry or conduct across something: crossed the horses at the ford.
- To extend or pass through or over; intersect: Elm Street crosses Oak Street.
- To delete or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through: crossed tasks off her list as she did them.
- To make or put a line across: Cross your t's.
- To place crosswise one over the other: cross one's legs.
- To make the sign of the cross upon or over as a sign of devotion.