Word

cross, v.
(crossed, crosses, crossing)
freq. cnt. 56

travel across or pass over
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cover cross cut across cut through get across get over pass over track traverse

sample sentences

"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

verb frames

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These men %s the river

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crossing crossing crossing

lexical pointers

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traverse traversal traverser

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

tramp stride walk crisscross ford bridge jaywalk drive, take course hop

hypernym

meet at a point
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cross intersect

verb frames

Something ----s
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Our properties %s at this point
His fields %s mine at this point

verb frames

Something ----s
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Our properties %s at this point
His fields %s mine at this point

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

intersectant intersection

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crossing crossing

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

meet, see, encounter, run across, run into, come across

fold so as to resemble a cross
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cross

sample sentences

"she crossed her legs"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

fold, turn up, fold up

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart

sample sentences

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Sam cannot %s Sue

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thwarting thwarter

lexical pointers

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frustrative frustration frustration frustration

lexical pointers

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also see

semantic pointers

hyponym

disappoint, let down dash short-circuit ruin

hypernym

prevent, forestall, preclude, foreclose, forbid

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
<verb.contact>

cross crossbreed hybridise hybridize interbreed

sample sentences

"cross a horse and a donkey"
"Mendel tried crossbreeding"
"these species do not interbreed"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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cross crossing cross

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hybridizing hybridization hybrid hybrid

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interbreeding interbreeding

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

trace a line through or across
<verb.creation>

cross

sample sentences

"cross your `t'"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

meet and pass
<verb.motion>

cross

sample sentences

"the trains crossed"

verb frames

Something ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

intersect, cross

hyponym

to cover or extend over an area or time period
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cross span sweep traverse

sample sentences

"Rivers traverse the valley floor"
"The parking lot spans 3 acres"
"The novel spans three centuries"

verb frames

Something ----s something

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

cover, extend, continue