Definition of crosses

"crosses" in the noun sense

1. crosse

a long racket with a triangular frame used in playing lacrosse

"crosses" in the verb sense

1. traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

travel across or pass over

"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

2. intersect, cross

meet at a point

3. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

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

"foil your opponent"

4. cross

fold so as to resemble a cross

"she crossed her legs"

5. cross, traverse, span, sweep

to cover or extend over an area or time period

"Rivers traverse the valley floor"

"The parking lot spans 3 acres"

"The novel spans three centuries"

6. cross

meet and pass

"the trains crossed"

7. cross

trace a line through or across

"cross your `t'"

8. crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed

breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

"cross a horse and a donkey"

"Mendel tried crossbreeding"

"these species do not interbreed"

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Quotations for crosses

A proud man hath many crosses. [ Proverb ]

Crosses are ladders to heaven. [ Proverb ]

Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven. [ Proverb ]

After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser. [ Franklin ]

Crosses, though they be not pleasant, yet are wholesome. [ Proverb ]

Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man. [ Ben Jonson ]

Great men often rejoice at crosses of fortune, just as brave soldiers do at wars. [ Seneca ]

Calumny crosses oceans, scales mountains and traverses deserts, with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris, end like him, rides upon a poisoned arrow. [ Colton ]

He used words as mere steppingstones, upon which, with a free and youthful bound, his spirit crosses and recrosses the bright and rushing stream of thought. [ Longfellow ]

Christ and His cross are not separable in this life, howbeit Christ and His cross part at heaven's door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble cannot find lodging there. [ Rutherford ]

crosses in Scrabble®

The word crosses is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters crosses:

CROSSES
(86 = 36 + 50)
CROSSES
(86 = 36 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word crosses

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In crosses

CROSSES
(86 = 36 + 50)
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crosses in Words With Friends™

The word crosses is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters crosses:

CROSSES
(95 = 60 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word crosses

CROSSES
(95 = 60 + 35)
CROSSES
(89 = 54 + 35)
CROSSES
(77 = 42 + 35)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In crosses

CROSSES
(95 = 60 + 35)
CROSSES
(89 = 54 + 35)
CROSSES
(77 = 42 + 35)
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Words within the letters of crosses

2 letter words in crosses (4 words)

3 letter words in crosses (4 words)

4 letter words in crosses (6 words)

5 letter words in crosses (6 words)

6 letter words in crosses (1 word)

7 letter words in crosses (1 word)

crosses + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence crosses

Words that start with crosses (2 words)

Words with crosses in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving crosses

Shorter words in crosses

os cross

Longer words containing crosses

backcrosses

crisscrosses

crossest

doublecrosses

intercrosses

outcrosses

recrosses

topcrosses

uncrosses