Phrase Hound found 101 phrases and 18 compound words that contain crosses. The most common are listed below. Open crosses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 101
- crosses the floorthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the floor: To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.
- crosses the aislethird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the aisle: To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action.
- crosses the linethird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the line: To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
- crosses the riverthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the river: Synonym of pass the river (to die)
- crosses the wiresthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the wires: Of a news story: to break; to be published.
- Four CrossesA hamlet in Hatherton parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9509).
- Three CrossesA suburb of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6025).
- crosses the streamsthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross the streams: To bring together two very disparate things, or things that the speaker thinks should be kept separate.
- Celtic crossesplural of Celtic cross: A Christian symbol, common in Ireland, which combines the cross with a ring surrounding the intersection.
- Christian crossesplural of Christian cross: Synonym of Latin cross (“a cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint”).
- high crossesplural of high cross: a large free-standing Celtic cross made of stone and often richly decorated.
- Latin crossesplural of Latin cross: A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint; the form of the Christian cross: ✝
- Victoria Crossesplural of Victoria Cross: The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Its symbol is a form of cross pattée.
- white crossesplural of white cross: A tablet of the recreational drug benzedrine.
- crosses potentplural of cross potent: A cross with crossbars at the ends of its arms.
- Maltese crossesplural of Maltese cross: A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points
- wayside crossesPlural of wayside cross: A cross erected by the side of a road.
- noughts and crossesA two-player game played on a three-by-three grid, in which players take it in turns to place their respective symbol (either a nought or a cross) in a cell of the grid, the objective being to form a row, column or diagonal of three of …
- crosses crossletplural of cross crosslet: A cross with the ends of each arm crossed.
- crosses pattéesplural of cross pattée: Any of several forms of cross whose arms are narrow at the center and broad at the extremities.
- naughts and crossesAlternative form of noughts and crosses: A two-player game played on a three-by-three grid, in which players take it in turns to place their respective symbol (either a nought or a cross) in a cell of the grid, the objective being to form …
- crosses molinesplural of cross moline: A cross that has four equal-length arms with forked tips, so that it resembles a moline.
- back crossesplural of back cross: A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.
- crosses offthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross off: To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
- crosses outthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross out: To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
Compound words 18
- backcrossesplural of backcross: To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
- anticrossesplural of anticross: To fail to cross in a graph of energy vs. electric field strength; characteristic of coherent superposition states
- autocrossesthird-person singular simple present indicative of autocross: A form of motorsport that tests the skill and speed of a driver over a course marked out with traffic cones
- bookcrossesthird-person singular simple present indicative of bookcross: To leave a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do likewise.
- buttercrossesplural of buttercross: A type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from mediaeval times; fresh market produce was laid out and displayed on the circular stepped bases of the cross.
- countercrossesplural of countercross: The crossing of the stage by two actors going in opposite directions.
- crisscrossesplural of crisscross: To move back and forth over or through.
- doublecrossesplural of doublecross: To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.
- intercrossesplural of intercross: To cross back over one another
- motocrossesplural of motocross: A form of off-road motorbike racing.