crosses
KRAW-siz/ˈkɹɔsɪz/UKKROS-iz/ˈkɹɒsɪz/
- 1Plural of cross. Use this form when you mean more than one cross.
Several wooden crosses marked the graves along the path.
She wore two small silver crosses on a chain.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of cross. Use this form with he, she, or it.
She crosses the street carefully every morning.
He crosses his arms whenever he disagrees with someone.
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- 3Plural of crosse. Use this form for more than one lacrosse stick.
The players gripped their crosses and waited for the face-off.
Two crosses lay on the bench beside the goal.
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crosses is a form of cross
cross, noun: A shape or mark made of two lines crossing, like + or ×, used on forms and seen on flags. Full entry
- Forms
- crosscrosses plural
- Spelling
- cross → crosses: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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