ALL meanings of cross up
cross up
C c - noun cross up to confuse or disorder 3
- noun cross up to deceive, or double-cross 3
- noun cross up a person or thing that is intermediate in character between two others. 1
- noun cross up Boxing. a punch thrown across and over the lead of an opponent. 1
- noun cross up Older Slang. a contest the result of which is dishonestly arranged beforehand: Many of the onlookers, especially some who had bet heavily on Taylor, complained loudly that the fight was a “damnable cross.”. 1
- noun cross up a crossing. 1
- noun cross up a place of crossing. 1
- noun cross up Plumbing. a four-way joint or connection. 1
- noun cross up Theater. an actor's movement from one area of a stage to another. 1
- noun cross up Also called cross-trade. Stock Exchange. an arrangement for the simultaneous sale and purchase of a block of stock handled by a single broker. 1
- noun cross up Machinery. spider (def 6b). 1
- noun cross up (initial capital letter) Astronomy. Southern Cross. 1
- verb with object cross up to move, pass, or extend from one side to the other side of (a street, river, etc.). Synonyms: traverse, span, bridge. 1
- verb with object cross up to put or draw (a line, lines, etc.) across. 1
- verb with object cross up to cancel by marking with a cross or with a line or lines (often followed by off or out). 1
- verb with object cross up to mark with a cross. 1
- verb with object cross up to lie or pass across; intersect. 1
- verb with object cross up to meet and pass. 1
- verb with object cross up to transport across something. 1
- verb with object cross up to assist or guide (a person) across a street or intersection: The guard crossed the child at the traffic light. 1
- verb with object cross up to place in the form of a cross or crosswise. 1
- verb with object cross up Biology. to cause (members of different genera, species, breeds, varieties, or the like) to interbreed. 1
- verb with object cross up to oppose openly; thwart; frustrate. Synonyms: baffle, foil; contradict. Antonyms: aid, assist, help. 1
- verb with object cross up Slang. to betray; double-cross. 1
- verb with object cross up to make the sign of a cross upon or over, as in devotion: to cross oneself. 1
- verb with object cross up Nautical. to set (a yard) in proper position on a mast. 1
- verb with object cross up Obsolete. to confront in a hostile manner. 1
- verb without object cross up to lie or be athwart; intersect. 1
- verb without object cross up to move, pass, or extend from one side or place to another: Cross at the intersection. 1
- verb without object cross up to meet and pass. 1
- verb without object cross up to interbreed. 1
- verb without object cross up Theater. to move from one side of the stage to the other, especially by passing downstage of another actor. 1
- adjective cross up angry and annoyed; ill-humored; snappish: Don't be cross with me. Synonyms: petulant, fractious, irascible, waspish, crabbed, churlish, sulky, cantankerous, cranky, ill-tempered, impatient, irritable, fretful, touchy, testy. Antonyms: good-natured, good-humored; agreeable. 1
- adjective cross up lying or passing crosswise or across each other; athwart; transverse: cross timbers. 1
- adjective cross up involving a reciprocal action, interchange, or the like: a cross-endorsement of political candidates; cross-marketing of related services. 1
- adjective cross up contrary; opposite: They were at cross purposes with each other. 1
- adjective cross up adverse; unfavorable. 1
- adjective cross up crossbred; hybrid. 1
- idioms cross up bear one's cross, to accept trials or troubles patiently. 1
- idioms cross up cross one's heart. heart (def 24). 1
- idioms cross up cross one's mind. mind (def 37). 1
- idioms cross up cross one's path. path (def 7). 1
- idioms cross up cross someone's palm (with silver), to give money to, especially in payment for a service: I shall tell your fortune, but you must first cross my palm with silver. 1
- idioms cross up cross the line. line1 (def 68). 1
- idioms cross up on the cross, Older Slang. in a dishonest manner; illegally: Her elegant clothes and those two splendid rings had been acquired on the cross. 1
- idioms cross up take the cross, to make the vows of a crusader. 1
- noun cross up a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times. 1
- noun cross up any object, figure, or mark resembling a cross, as two intersecting lines. 1
- noun cross up a mark resembling a cross, usually an X, made instead of a signature by a person unable to write. 1
- noun cross up the Cross, the cross upon which Jesus died. 1