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crossed

KRAWST/kɹɔst/UKKROST/kɹɒst/

6 meanings of crossed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of cross. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She crossed the street when the light turned green.

    We crossed the old wooden bridge before the storm arrived.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Folded one over the other, like arms or legs.

    Like folding your arms in front of you.

    She sat with crossed arms, waiting for an answer.

    He listened with crossed legs and a calm face.

    Similarfolded

    Oppositeuncrossed, outstretched

  3. 3
    adjective
    Marked with a line drawn across, often to show it has been canceled.

    Every crossed item on the list was already finished.

    He pointed to the crossed word and asked what it meant.

    Similarcanceled, voided

  4. 4
    adjective
    Shaped like a cross, with two parts meeting across each other.

    Like the shape two sticks make when they lie across each other.

    The old church door had a crossed pattern carved in stone.

    A crossed shape decorated the very top of the tower.

    Similarcruciform, cruciate, cross-shaped

  5. 5
    adjectiveslang
    Drunk from alcohol and high from drugs at the same time.

    By midnight he was completely crossed and could barely stand.

    She felt crossed after the beers and the joint hit at once.

    Similarcrossfaded, wasted, wrecked

    Oppositesober

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  6. 6
    adjective
    Having a cross marked or placed on it.

    The crossed shield hung above the castle gate.

    Knights carried a crossed banner into battle.

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crossed is a form of cross

cross, verb: To go over or through something until you reach its other side. Full entry

Forms
crosscrosses he/she/itcrossing -ing formcrossed past tense, past participle
Spelling
cross → crossed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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