English words starting with cros - page 1

Meanings of Crossbred:

adjective

(of an animal or plant) produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

A cross-bred puppy

verb

Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

He taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds

Meanings of Crossbreed:

verb

Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

He taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds

noun

An animal or plant produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

A cross-breed labrador

Meanings of Crossbreeding:

verb

Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

He taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds

noun

An animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds and is therefore a new variety (= type of plant or animal)

Usage examples:

There was no scientific evidence that lambs and goats could crossbreed., asian pears are a variety …

Meanings of Crossbreeds:

verb

Produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

He taught himself how to cross-breed superior seeds

noun

An animal or plant produced by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.

Usage examples:

A cross-breed labrador

Meanings of Crosscheck:

noun

Verify (figures or information) by using an alternative source or method.

Usage examples:

Always try to cross-check your bearings

verb

To make certain that information, a calculation, etc., is correct, by asking a different person or using a different method of calculation

Usage examples:

We used to cross-check the information in the reports and never relied on a single source.

Meanings of Crosscourt:

adverb

Diagonally across the court.

Usage examples:

He tries to drive the ball cross-court

adjective

(of a stroke in tennis and other racket sports) hit diagonally across the court.

Usage examples:

A cross-court volley

Meanings of Crosscurrent:

noun

A current in a river or sea which flows across another.

Usage examples:

She watched the launches bounce into the choppy cross-current

Meanings of Crosscurrents:

noun

A current in a river or sea which flows across another.

Usage examples:

She watched the launches bounce into the choppy cross-current

Meanings of Crosscut:

verb

Cut (wood or stone) across its main grain or axis.

Usage examples:

They cross-cut the timber before its removal

noun

A diagonal cut, especially one across the main grain or axis of wood or stone.

Usage examples:

A professional-quality miter box or, preferably, a 10-inch power miter saw are required for the pre…

adjective

(of a file) having two sets of grooves crossing each other diagonally.

Meanings of Crosscuts:

noun

Cut (wood or stone) across its main grain or axis.

Usage examples:

They cross-cut the timber before its removal

Meanings of Crosscutting:

verb

Cut (wood or stone) across its main grain or axis.

Usage examples:

They cross-cut the timber before its removal

Meanings of Crosse:

noun

The stick used in women's field lacrosse.

Usage examples:

The goal-keeper may block the ball in any manner with their crosse or body.

Meanings of Crossed:

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×)

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

Meanings of Crossed-wires:

idiom

To have a different understanding of the same situation

Usage examples:

We must have got our wires crossed – i thought she was arriving tomorrow, not today.

Meanings of Crosser:

verb

If you cross a cheque, you draw two lines across the middle of it to show that it must be paid into a bank account

Usage examples:

A crossed cheque

Meanings of Crosses:

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

Meanings of Crossest:

verb

If you cross a cheque, you draw two lines across the middle of it to show that it must be paid into a bank account

Usage examples:

A crossed cheque

Meanings of Crossfire:

noun

Gunfire from two or more directions passing through the same area.

Usage examples:

A photographer was killed in crossfire

Meanings of Crossflow:

noun

A type of engine cylinder head where the intake ports are on the opposite side of the engine from the exhaust ports.

Usage examples:

This modern four-cylinder powerplant boasts a multipoint fuel injection, a crossflow cylinder head …

Meanings of Crosshair:

noun

A pair of fine wires crossing at right angles at the focus of an optical instrument or gunsight, for use in positioning, aiming, or measuring.

Usage examples:

I raised the rifle and got the deer in the cross hairs

Meanings of Crosshairs:

noun

A pair of fine wires crossing at right angles at the focus of an optical instrument or gunsight, for use in positioning, aiming, or measuring.

Usage examples:

I raised the rifle and got the deer in the cross hairs

Meanings of Crosshatch:

verb

(in drawing or graphics) shade (an area) with intersecting sets of parallel lines.

Usage examples:

A painting depicting real and mythical animals precisely cross-hatched in ochre pigments

Meanings of Crosshatched:

verb

(in drawing or graphics) shade (an area) with intersecting sets of parallel lines.

Usage examples:

A painting depicting real and mythical animals precisely cross-hatched in ochre pigments

Meanings of Crosshatches:

verb

(in drawing or graphics) shade (an area) with intersecting sets of parallel lines.

Usage examples:

A painting depicting real and mythical animals precisely cross-hatched in ochre pigments

Meanings of Crosshatching:

verb

(in drawing or graphics) shade (an area) with intersecting sets of parallel lines.

Usage examples:

A painting depicting real and mythical animals precisely cross-hatched in ochre pigments