To make the sign of the cross on or over (sth.); cross (sb., oneself).

(a) To mark a cross upon (a part of the body); (b) to give (sb.) the insignia of the cross; refl. become a crusader or a pilgrim to the Holy Land; crossed, having taken the cross, having become a crusader, pilgrim or knight templar; (c) to cancel (sth.) by marking with crosses; cancel the name of (a person); cros it, delete this; the crossed, those whose names have been canceled.

(a) To crucify (sb.); also fig.; (b) to fasten (sth.) in the shape of a cross; (c) crossed, carrying a cross of affliction or penance.

(a) To lie across (sth.); intersect (sth.); (b) to place (two things) crosswise of each other; crossed, of muscles: crisscross; of a trestle: ?having crossed legs; (c) to bar (a window) with a lattice; (d) to put a crosspiece on (a staff); (e) to cross (a stream), go across; (f) crossed sineue, optic nerve.

Naut. ~ seil, to place the sail across the mast, set the sails, set (one's) sail(s; ~ mastes, set sails; ben crossed under seil, have one's sails set; with seil crossed, with sails set.

To disqualify (sb.) from consideration, debar, exclude; to be forbidden (an association), excluded from access to or membership in.