Word for the Day, FRiday, April 18, 2014 - Cross

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[tioga]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

Cross

Noun

1.
a. An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.
b. often Cross The upright post with a transverse piece upon which Jesus was crucified. c. A crucifix.
d. Any of various modifications of the cross design, such as a Latin cross or Maltese cross.
e. A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of a cross. 2. The Christian religion; Christianity.
3. In Christianity, a sign made by tracing the outline of a cross with the right hand upon the forehead and chest as a devotional act.
4. A trial, affliction, or frustration. See Synonyms at burden1.
5. A mark or pattern formed by the intersection of two lines, especially such a mark (X) used as a signature.
6. A movement from one place to another, as on a stage; a crossing.
7. A pipe fitting with four branches in upright and transverse form, used as a junction for intersecting pipes.
8. Biology

a. A plant or animal produced by crossbreeding; a hybrid.
b. The process of crossbreeding; hybridization.

9. One that combines the qualities of two other things: a novel that is a cross between romance and satire.
10. Sports A hook thrown over an opponent's punch in boxing.
11. Law An act or instance of cross-examining; a cross-examination.
12. The Southern Cross.
13. Slang A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged.

Verb - crossed, crossing, crosses

Verb Trans.

1. To go or extend across; pass from one side of to the other: crossed the room to greet us; a bridge that crosses the bay.v. crossed, cross·ing, cross·es
2. To carry or conduct across something: crossed the horses at the ford.
3. To extend or pass through or over; intersect: Elm Street crosses Oak Street.
4.

a. To delete or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through: crossed tasks off her list as she did them.
b. To make or put a line across: Cross your t's.

5. To place crosswise one over the other: cross one's legs.
6. To make the sign of the cross upon or over as a sign of devotion.
7. To encounter in passing: His path crossed mine.
8. To combine the qualities of two things: a movie that crosses horror with humor.
9. Informal To interfere with; thwart or obstruct: Don't cross me.
10. To betray or deceive; double-cross. Often used with up.
11. Biology To crossbreed or cross-fertilize (plants or animals).

Verb Intran.

1. To lie or pass across each other; intersect.
2.
a. To move or extend from one side to another: crossed through Canada en route to Alaska.
b. To make a crossing: crossed into Germany from Switzerland.

3. To meet in passing; come into conjunction: Their paths crossed at the health club.
4. To move or be conveyed in opposite directions at the same time: Our letters must have crossed in the mail.
5. Biology To crossbreed or cross-fertilize.

Adjective

1. Lying or passing crosswise; intersecting: a cross street.


2. Contrary or counter; opposing.
3. Showing ill humor; annoyed.
4. Involving interchange; reciprocal.
5. Crossbred; hybrid.

Adverb

Crosswise.

Prep.

Across.

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

[tioga]

The list of definitions of cross was endless. Who knew? The most famous is the cross that Jesus died on.

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Perhaps the least famous usage is the expression on MO's face.

[tioga]

Good FRiday Ping. Class is in session...homework on the blackboard, apples on my desk.

[MrB]

“I lay every burden down at the foot of the Cross”

[tioga]

Excellent practice. A+++

[tioga]

oh, look. it blocked MO’s sour face....wow.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

To sanctify Christ on The Cross
Americans seem at a loss
Easter’s now about money
Some Peeps and a Bunny
Though not as crass as Santa Claus

[hobbes1]

Morning Ti

[tioga]

Excellent summation. A+++

[tioga]

Good morning! A sunny 40°F here already.

[tioga]

Found this gem on Neo's facebook page...perfect. Perfect idiotic remark, anyway.

[theDentist]

I'd surrendered myself to He who died on the cross.

And though there are times I wonder if He hears our pain, understands our frustrations, I know they are petty compared to all He took upon himself that day.

So I will bear my cross, and I will try not to be bitter over my little woes.

[secret garden]

This, the Power of the Cross.

[afraidfortherepublic]

My youngest son, now a PhD in materials engineering and a high ranking researcher in nuclear materials, almost “flunked” kindergaten over the word “cross”.

The teacher (must have been a preceeder of Common Core) asked the children to draw a “cross” on a pre-reading test. My son (good Catholic) drew a Roman cross. She wanted something akin to a Red Cross. So she didn’t recommend him for a regular 1st grade, but a “special”, all boy, first grade where the children would not be forced to learn to read. Books and papers would just be left around the room and they could teach themselves to read while they played games, if they felt like it.

Needless to say, I enrolled him in a Catholic school with a nun who taught phonics, and he was reading the San Francisco Chronicle classifieds by Christmas.

True story.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ohhh.

But I’m sure that look is a cross she will bare.

[tioga]

Yes, we all make those pledges, but then we get weak and whine. A+++

[xsmommy]

something to contemplate, on Good Friday.

[xsmommy]

something else i found yesterday, it's very moving.

[Robert A Cook PE]

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I got fouled up the other way coming out of St Thomas More in San Antonio after 1-8 there. Mom was enrolling us in the local high school, and the counselor asked if I had algebra yet while she wasn’t at the desk. I didn’t recognize the name “algebra” but I knew i couldn’t lie about anything.

So I asked, “What’s algebra?”

Ooopsie. They stuffed me back in the regular/catch-up classes, rather than the advanced science and math. Yep - I had all of Algebra I already, and a running start at geometry - but the nuns didn’t it “algebra.” Long story short, I did some substituting and fixing in the sophomore year, and got Algebra II, geometry, physics, chemistry caught up with the other AP classes so I could get to Trig, calculus,chemistry II, physics II in the senior year.

But mom learned her lesson too.

All 7 following brothers and sisters got registered “right properly” by HER rules each following year!

[tioga]

Wow. I just shared it on my FB page. Don’t put much up there, but it’s so perfect for today.

[afraidfortherepublic]

The interesting thing about this “test”, that the teacher admits she had devised herself, is that the other skill that my son flunked was using scissors to cut a circle out of construction paper freehand. Apparently, my son’s circle was lopsided and crooked. He was 5.

I asked the teacher what kind of scissors did he use. Were they “left handed” scissors? No. Turns out that 11 out of the 13 boys chosen for this “special” class were/are left handed. Several moms pulled their kids out, like I did, and when the “left handed boys’ class” assembled in the fall it had only about 9 of the original 13 left.

One of the boys almost died in a horrific house fire in his second year in the class. We had moved to TX (this crazy educational experiment was in CA) and didn’t learn about Scott’s tragedy until a couple of years later. After 12 operations and a year of home tutoring, he rejoined his class. It was then that the other mothers “woke up”. Scott (despite months of horrifying pain) was way ahead of his classmates. The other mothers complained and demanded that an end be put to this ridiculous experiment.

BTW, my son won the top Science Fair prize at his Catholic School when he was 6. His older sister copied his experiment at her school in TX when she was 10 and won a blue ribbon there with the same experiment. LOL.