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[3b] cultivate, culture, grow, promote, raise, rear, tend—more at GROW

usually crop up [4] arise, emerge, materialize, spring, surface—more at ARISE

crop duster noun : a person who uses an airplane to spray crops with insecticidal dusts; also : an airplane so used

crop·land noun : land devoted to the production of plant crops

crop·per noun : a raiser of crops; especially : SHARECROPPER

crop·per noun : a sudden or violent failure or collapse

Synonyms

collapse, crash, defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess—more at FAILURE

cro·quet noun : a game in which mallets are used to drive wooden balls through a series of wickets set out on a lawn

cro·quette noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a small often rounded mass of minced meat, fish, or vegetables fried in deep fat

cro·sier noun : a staff carried by bishops and abbots

1cross noun 1 : a structure consisting of an upright beam and a crossbar used esp. by the ancient Romans for execution

2 : a figure of the cross on which Christ was crucified used as a Christian symbol

3 : a hybridizing of unlike individuals or strains; also : a product of this

4 : a punch delivered with a circular motion over an opponent's lead

5 : an affliction that tries one's virtue, steadfastness, or patience

Synonyms

gauntlet, ordeal, trial—more at TRIAL

2cross verb 1 : to lie or place across; also : INTERSECT

2 : to cancel by marking a cross on or by lining through

3 : THWART, OBSTRUCT

4 : to go or extend across : TRAVERSE

5 : HYBRIDIZE

6 : to meet and pass on the way

Synonyms

cover, crisscross, cut, follow, go, pass, proceed, travel, traverse—more at TRAVERSE

3cross adjective 1 : lying across

2 : CONTRARY, OPPOSED

3 : marked by bad temper

4 : HYBRID

— cross·ly adverb

Synonyms

choleric, crabby, cranky, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, peevish, perverse, petulant, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snippy, testy, waspish—more at IRRITABLE

cross·bar noun : a transverse bar or piece

cross·bow noun : a short bow mounted crosswise at the end of a wooden stock that shoots short arrows

cross·breed verb -bred ; -breed·ing : HYBRIDIZE

cross–coun·try adjective 1 : extending or moving across a country

2 : proceeding over the countryside (as fields and woods) and not by roads

3 : of or relating to racing or skiing over the countryside instead of over a track or run

— cross–country adverb

cross·cur·rent noun 1 : a current running counter to another

2 : a conflicting tendency — usu. used in pl.

1crosscut verb : to cut or saw crosswise esp. of the grain of wood

2crosscut adjective 1 : made or used for crosscutting

2 : cut across the grain

3crosscut noun : something that cuts through transversely

cross–ex·am·ine verb : to examine with questions to check the answers to previous questions

— cross–ex·am·i·na·tion noun

cross–eyed adjective : having one or both eyes turned inward toward the nose

cross–fer·til·i·za·tion noun 1 : fertilization between sex cells produced by separate individuals or sometimes by individuals of different kinds; also : CROSS-POLLINATION

2 : a broadening or productive interchange (as between cultures)

— cross–fer·til·ize verb

cross fire noun 1 : crossing lines of fire in combat

2 : rapid or angry interchange

cross·hair noun : a fine wire or thread in the eyepiece of an optical instrument used as a reference line

cross·hatch verb : to mark with two series of parallel lines that intersect

— cross–hatch·ing noun

cross·ing noun 1 : a place or structure for crossing something (as a river)

2 : a point of intersection (as of a street and a railroad track)

3 : the act or action of crossing

Synonyms

[2] corner, crossroad, intersection—more at CROSSROAD

[3] cruise, passage, sail, voyage—more at SAIL

cross·over noun 1 : CROSSING

2 : a member of a political party who votes in the primary of the other party

3 : a broadening of the popular appeal of an artist (as a musician) by a change in the artist's