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kreuzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.

Senses

kreuzen is used for these senses in English:

  • beat up (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
  • cross (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
  • cross (football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
  • cross (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
  • cross (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
  • crossbreed (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  • gybe (intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.

cross — full definition

  1. noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
  2. verb To go from one side of something to the other.
  3. adj Annoyed or bad-tempered.

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