cross vs swap out

cross

verb
  • To go from one side of (something) to the other. 

  • Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs. 

  • To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another. 

  • To make the sign of the cross over oneself. 

  • To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness. 

  • To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ 

  • To cross-fertilize or crossbreed. 

  • To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of. 

  • To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. 

  • To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account. 

  • To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect. 

  • To mark with an X. 

  • To score a try. 

  • To lay or draw something across, such as a line. 

  • To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone). 

  • To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side. 

noun
  • A difficult situation that must be endured. 

  • A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross). 

  • A hybrid of any kind. 

  • A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross) 

  • An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. 

  • A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. 

  • Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified. 

  • The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other 

  • A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion. 

  • A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion). 

  • The thirty-sixth Lenormand card. 

  • A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross. 

  • Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross. 

  • A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle. 

  • Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross. 

  • A hook thrown over the opponent's punch. 

  • A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal. 

  • crossfire. 

  • An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization. 

  • A line drawn across or through another line. 

prep
  • cross product of the previous vector and the following vector. 

adj
  • Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed. 

  • Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged. 

  • Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting. 

  • Transverse; lying across the main direction. 

swap out

verb
  • To exchange (something) for (something else). (usually followed by with or for) 

  • To transfer (memory contents) into a swap file. 

  • To exchange (something or someone) for an unused (or less-used) equivalent. 

noun
  • Anything that is swapped out for another; an exchange. 

  • A pre-prepared food item used in place of an unfinished food item in order to cut down the overall preparation time during filming. 

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