cross
verb/krɒs/
/krɔːs/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cross | /krɒs/ /krɔːs/ |
| he / she / it crosses | /ˈkrɒsɪz/ /ˈkrɔːsɪz/ |
| past simple crossed | /krɒst/ /krɔːst/ |
| past participle crossed | /krɒst/ /krɔːst/ |
| -ing form crossing | /ˈkrɒsɪŋ/ /ˈkrɔːsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to go across; to pass or stretch from one side to the other
- As soon as traffic slowed down enough to safely cross, I started walking.
- cross over I waved and she crossed over (= crossed the road towards me).
- cross (over) from … He crossed over from the other side of the road.
- cross (over) from… to/into… We crossed from Dover to Calais.
- cross (over) to/into… She crossed to the other side of the room.
- cross something to cross the road/street
- to cross the sea/mountains
- to cross France by train
- The bridge crosses the River Dee.
- He was caught trying to cross the border illegally.
- More than 150 000 people crossed the bridge that day.
- A look of annoyance crossed her face.
- They crossed the finishing line together (= in a race).
- cross over something He crossed over the road and joined me.
Extra Examples- Children must be taught to cross the road safely.
- Let's cross over now while the road is clear.
- They crossed from the States into Canada.
- They were arrested trying to cross the border.
- We crossed over the river into Sweden.
- A bridge crosses the river a few miles upstream.
- It was the first time she had crossed the Atlantic.
- The ferry crosses from Portsmouth to Santander.
- They crossed the mountains into Spain.
- You have to be really careful crossing the road here.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- slowly
- safely
- …
- try to
- from
- into
- over
- …
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- [intransitive, transitive] to pass across each other
- The roads cross just outside the town.
- cross over The straps cross over at the back and are tied at the waist.
- Our letters must have crossed in the mail (= each was sent before the other was received).
- [transitive] cross something to put or place something across or over something else
- to cross your arms/legs (= place one arm or leg over the other)
- She sat with her legs crossed.
- a flag with a design of two crossed keys
- [transitive] cross somebody to oppose somebody or speak against them or their plans or wishes
- She's really nice until you cross her.
- (literary) He had been crossed in love (= the person he loved was not faithful to him).
- [transitive] cross A with B | cross A and B to make two different types of animal breed (= produce young) together; to mix two types of plant to form a new one
- A mule is the product of a horse crossed with a donkey.
- (figurative) He behaved like an army officer crossed with a professor.
- [intransitive, transitive] (in football (soccer) or hockey ) to kick or pass a ball to the side across the field
- Sissoko crossed from the left.
- cross something He could not get to the line to cross the ball.
- [transitive] cross something to draw a line across something
- to cross your t’s (= the letters in writing)
- [transitive] cross yourself to make the sign of the cross (= the Christian symbol) on your chest
go/put across
oppose
mix animals/plants
in sport
draw line
make Christian symbol
Idioms
See cross in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cross in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishcross a/the line
- to do something that is not considered to be acceptable behaviour
- He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation public.
cross your fingers
- to hope that your plans will be successful (sometimes putting one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good luck)
- I'm crossing my fingers that my proposal will be accepted.
- Keep your fingers crossed!
cross my heart (and hope to die)
- (informal) used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise
- I saw him do it—cross my heart.
cross your mind
- (of thoughts, etc.) to come into your mind synonym occur to somebody
- It never crossed my mind that she might lose (= I was sure that she would win).
- The thought never crossed my mind!
cross somebody’s palm with silver
- to give somebody money so that they will do you a favour, especially tell your fortune
cross somebody’s path | people’s paths cross
- if somebody crosses somebody’s path or their paths cross, they meet by chance
- I hope I never cross her path again.
- Our paths were to cross again many years later.
cross swords (with somebody)
- to fight or argue with somebodyTopics Opinion and argumentc2
cross that bridge when you come to it
- to worry about a problem when it actually happens and not before
dot your i’s and cross your t’s
- to pay attention to the small details when you are finishing a task
get your wires crossed
- (informal) to become confused about what somebody has said to you so that you think they meant something else
- We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday.
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