crossed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of cross.

   The hikers crossed the valley well before nightfall.

   He had crossed many borders during his years of travel.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs. It is the simple past (they crossed the river) and also the participle after have or be (the line had been crossed). The verb behind it reaches well beyond travel. A letter could be crossed with lines written at right angles over the first lines to save paper, and someone making the sign of the cross has crossed herself, a reflexive use worth knowing.

2. 2
   adjective

   Placed one over the other in a folded position, as with arms or legs.

   The statue showed a figure with crossed arms over its chest.

   She waited with crossed ankles tucked beneath the chair.

   Similarfolded

   Oppositeuncrossed, outstretched

3. 3
   adjective

   Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often to show cancellation.

   The ledger was full of crossed entries showing settled debts.

   A crossed line through the total indicated the invoice was void.

   Similarcanceled, voided

4. 4
   adjective

   Having the shape of a cross; cruciate.

   The medal featured a crossed emblem at its center.

   Ancient coins often bore a crossed mark on one side.

   Similarcruciform, cruciate, cross-shaped

5. 5
   adjectiveslang

   Intoxicated by both alcohol and cannabis at the same time.

   Half the party was crossed by the time the music stopped.

   He admitted he got too crossed to drive home that night.

   Similarcrossfaded, wasted, wrecked

   Oppositesober

   Note

   Party slang that does the same work as crossfaded and belongs strictly to casual talk. It typically follows be or get: he got crossed, half the room was crossed. Outside that setting a listener will hear the ordinary past tense first, so the word is safest among people who already use it.

6. 6
   adjective

   Bearing a cross placed upon it, or having a bar laid crosswise over another bar to form a cross.

   The crossed standard marked the bishop's procession.

   Her family arms showed a crossed field in silver and red.

   Note

   A blazon word, and blazon keeps its own word order: the adjective follows the charge, and the tincture comes last. A royal orb "banded and crossed or" carries a band and a cross in gold, the arms John Woody Papworth's dictionary of 1874 gives for Sweden. Applied to a cross itself, as in "a cross potent crossed," the word means its arms have been crossed again by further bars.

   Gules, a cross potent crossed or.

   A mound azure banded and crossed or.

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