CROSS


Meaning of CROSS in English

I.

noun

1 mark made by drawing one line across another

VERB + CROSS

▪ draw , put

I've put a ~ on the map to show where the hotel is.

2 Christian symbol

ADJECTIVE

▪ gold , silver , stone , wooden

She wore a gold ~ on a chain around her neck.

The grave was marked with a stone ~.

▪ market ( esp. in the UK )

▪ Celtic

VERB + CROSS

▪ wear

PREPOSITION

▪ on the ~

a painting of Christ on the ~

PHRASES

▪ (make) the sign of the ~

The priest blessed her, and made the sign of the ~ over her.

3 in football/soccer or hockey

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , low , perfect

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ by , ~ from

a deep ~ from Reed

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ quickly , slowly

▪ safely , successfully

Children must be taught to ~ the road safely.

▪ back , over

Let's ~ over now while the road is clear.

VERB + CROSS

▪ try to

They were arrested trying to ~ the border.

PREPOSITION

▪ from , into

They ~ed from the States into Canada.

▪ over

We ~ed over the river into Sweden.

Cross is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bridge , ↑ expression , ↑ ferry , ↑ flicker , ↑ footpath , ↑ frown , ↑ letter , ↑ pipeline , ↑ road , ↑ route , ↑ smile , ↑ smirk , ↑ trail , ↑ troops

Cross is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ airspace , ↑ arm , ↑ ball , ↑ barrier , ↑ border , ↑ boundary , ↑ bow , ↑ bridge , ↑ chasm , ↑ continent , ↑ creek , ↑ desert , ↑ desk , ↑ distance , ↑ divide , ↑ equator , ↑ face , ↑ freeway , ↑ frontier , ↑ ground , ↑ lake , ↑ leg , ↑ limit , ↑ mind , ↑ mountain , ↑ ocean , ↑ pass , ↑ path , ↑ plain , ↑ prairie , ↑ river , ↑ road , ↑ room , ↑ sea , ↑ stream , ↑ street , ↑ sword , ↑ terrain , ↑ threshold , ↑ track , ↑ yard

III.

adj. (esp. BrE )

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get

I'm going to get very ~ before long.

▪ make sb

It really makes me ~ to see people dropping litter in the street.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

Are you still ~ about me forgetting the flowers?

▪ at

She was very ~ at the way she'd been treated.

▪ for

▪ with

She was very ~ with him for being late.

Cross is used with these nouns: ↑ word

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .