1. (

• crosse

) a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse ;

1. (

• traverse ,
• track ,
• cover ,
• cross ,
• pass_over ,
• get_over ,
• get_across ,
• cut_through ,
• cut_across

) travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" ;

2. (

• intersect ,
• cross ,

) meet at a point ;

3. (

• thwart ,
• queer ,
• spoil ,
• scotch ,
• foil ,
• cross ,
• frustrate ,
• baffle ,
• bilk ,

) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" ;

4. (

• cross ,

) fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs" ;

5. (

• cross ,
• traverse ,
• span ,
• sweep ,

) to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" ;

6. (

• cross ,

) meet and pass; "the trains crossed" ;

7. (

• cross ,

) trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'" ;

8. (

• crossbreed ,
• cross ,
• hybridize ,
• hybridise ,
• interbreed

) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" ;

1. (

• cross ,
• transverse ,
• transversal ,
• thwartwise

) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" ;

2. (

• crabbed ,
• crabby ,
• cross ,
• fussy ,
• grouchy ,
• grumpy ,
• bad-tempered ,
• ill-tempered

) annoyed and irritable ;