crossed
- 1Simple 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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- 2Folded 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
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- 4Shaped 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
- 5Drunk 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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- 6Having 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
- Spelling
- cross → crossed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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