Transverse; passing from side to side; falling athwart: as, a cross beam (cross-beam).Passing or referring from one of two objects, parts, groups, etc., to the other; establishing a direct connection of some kind between two things: as, a cross cut (cross-cut), or a short path between two places; a cross reference.Adverse; opposed; thwarting; obstructing; untoward: sometimes with to: as, an event cross to our inclinations.Peevish; fretful; ill-humored; petulant; perverse: applied to persons.Proceeding from a peevish or bad temper; expressing ill humor: as, a cross look; cross words.Contrary; contradictory; perplexing.Proceeding from an adverse party by way of reciprocal contest: as, a cross interrogatory. See below.Produced by cross-breeding, as an animal or a plant.Synonyms Peevish, Fretful, etc. (see petulant), snappish, touchy, ill-natured, morose, sullen, sulky, sour.Transversely; contrariwise; adversely; in opposition.To draw or run a line athwart or across (a figure or surface); lay or pass a thing across (another); put together transversely: as, to cross the letter t; the two roads cross each other.To erase by marking one or more lines or crosses on or over; cancel; often followed by off or out: as, to cross or cross off an account; to cross out a wrong word.To make the sign of the cross upon, as in devotion.To pass from side to side of; pass or move over transversely: as, to cross a road; to cross a river or the ocean.To cause to go or pass over; transport across a body of water.To thwart; obstruct; hinder; oppose; contradict; counteract; clash with: as, to be crossed in love.To debar or preclude.To cause to interbreed; mix the breed or strain of, as animals or plants.Nautical, to hoist from the deck and put in place on the mast, as any of the lighter yards of a square-rigged vessel.To meet and pass.To lie or be athwart or across: said of two or more things in their relation to one another: as, the lines cross; the roads cross.To move or pass laterally or from one side toward the other, or transversely from place to place.To be inconsistent.To interbreed, as cattle; mix breeds.To happen (upon); come (upon).Athwart; over; from side to side of, so as to intersect: as, to ride cross country.n. The staff of a bishop; a crozier.n. In geometry, the point determined by two straight lines: the intersection of two straight lines.Dishonest; not honestly come by; not on the square: as, a cross horse.In logic, having an extensive part in common, without including or being included.In euchre, when the trump is turned down, to make it the opposite color.