| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | traverse an area |
Synonyms: |
bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag |
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remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intersect, lie across |
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bisect, crisscross, crosscut, decussate, divide, intercross, intertwine, lace, lie athwart of, rest across |
Antonyms: |
divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hybridize, mix |
Synonyms: |
blend, cross-fertilize, cross-mate, cross-pollinate, crossbreed, interbreed, intercross, mingle, mongrelize |
Antonyms: |
unmix |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
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backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
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abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | crossing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway to traverse larger path |
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bridge, cloverleaf, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, exchange, grade crossing, grating, gridiron, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, network, overpass, passage, screen, traversal, traverse, underpass |
| Main Entry: | crossing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Crossing. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
crossing; intersection, interdigitation; decussation, transversion; convolution; level crossing., reticulation, network; inosculation, anastomosis, intertertexture, mortise., net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation., cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot; entangle (disorder)., [woven fabrics] cloth, linen, muslin, cambric
-verbs
cross, decussate; intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink., twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe; anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link., mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle.
-adjectives
crossing; crossed, matted, transverse., cross, cruciform, crucial; retiform, reticular, reticulated; areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked; textile; crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant; webfooted.
-adverbs
cross, thwart, athwart, transversely; at grade [U.S.]; crosswise.
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| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
Synonyms: |
address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for |
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avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
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calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
Synonyms: |
V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
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straight |