Synonyms of the word

crossbred

• adj. Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of crossbreed.
• n. Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.

bigeneric

• adj. (botany) Describing an (infertile) cross between plants belonging to different genera.
• adj. (taxonomy) Describing a taxonomic group containing only two genera.

cross

• n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least…
• n. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese…
• n. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute…
• n. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
• n. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
• n. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a…
• n. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
• n. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other.
• n. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
• n. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
• n. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
• n. (soccer) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
• n. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place…
• n. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross).
• n. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross…
• n. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
• n. A line drawn across or through another line.
• n. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
• n. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
• n. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
• adj. Transverse; lying across the main direction.
• adj. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
• adj. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
• adj. Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• adj. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
• prep. (archaic) across.
• prep. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
• v. To make or form a cross.
• v. To move relatively.
• v. (social) To oppose.
• v. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
• v. To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited…

crossbreed

• v. (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or…
• v. (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
• v. (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
• n. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.

crossed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of cross.

half-blooded

• adj. (genetics) having only one parent in common.
• adj. (genetics) having parents of mixed ethnicities.
• adj. (animals) having only one parent that comes from known pedigree.

half-bred

• adj. (obsolete) half-blooded.
• adj. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good breeding; not well trained.
• n. A half-blooded animal.

half-breed

• n. (derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American…
• adj. (of an animal) having one purebred parent; hybrid.

hybrid

• n. (biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two…
• n. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly…
• adj. Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

interbred

• v. simple past tense and past participle of interbreed.

intercrossed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of intercross.

outbred

• v. simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.

underbred

• adj. (chiefly horses) of inferior breeding.
• adj. lacking in manners or finesse.