クロス — meaning in English

English meaning

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

Senses

クロス is used for these senses in English:

• gloss (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

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.

gloss — full definition

1. noun A shiny, polished surface.
2. noun An impressive appearance that hides something less impressive underneath.
3. verb (usually "gloss over") To skim past or downplay a problem instead of properly addressing it.
4. noun A brief note explaining a difficult or foreign word, often placed in the margin or between the lines of a text.

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