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# cross

«cross» in Mova's school dictionary: **to go from one side to the other, like across a road…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (cross, crosses, crossed, crossing); noun (a cross, crosses); adjective (cross — angry)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cross is to go from one side to the other, like across a road, river or bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#m1)

2) A cross is a mark like × or +. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#m2)

3) To cross out is to draw a line through a word or number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#m3)

4) Cross (adjective) means angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#m4)

5) To cross your arms or legs is to put one over the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

maths: going across a road, bridge or river, sometimes many times; also crossing out items (cross out the even numbers); the multiplication sign × looks like a cross; a cross-section; everyday life and safety: cross the road at a crossing, look both ways; stories: Mum was cross; phrases: «cross out», «cross your fingers»

### examples

- It takes 3 minutes to cross the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x1)
- The ferry crosses the river 6 times a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x2)
- Cross out the even numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x3)
- They crossed 2 streets to reach school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x4)
- Look both ways before you cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x5)
- Put a cross next to wrong answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x6)
- Mum was cross because I was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x7)
- Cross your fingers for good luck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x8)
- He even remembered the cross old cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/#x9)

### note

Repeated crossings often mean multiply (times × time each). Trap: a trip «there and back» crosses twice. A cross (×) can mark a wrong answer; a check or tick (✓) a right one.

### In the corpora

- [A grown-up's tiredness or bad mood is usually not about the child and not a sign they are cross with them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/20/)
- [The line is crossed when it becomes unkind, untrue, about someone's body, or about things that are private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/8/)
- [After Columbus crossed the Atlantic, plants and animals sailed both ways, and this swap is called the Columbian exchange.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/2/)
- [Watch a line of ants crossing the kitchen floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/5/)
- [The Rat is very cross: his boat is lost and his nice suit ruined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cross» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cross/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.