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cross-mate

[ kraws-meyt, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˈmeɪt, ˈkrɒs- /

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verb (used with or without object), cross-mat·ed, cross-mat·ing.

to crossbreed.

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Choose the sentence that uses "rent" correctly.

No one wanted to rent the run-down house on the corner.

His rent was so loud that people the next block over could hear it.

I had rent the apartment from an eccentric old lady.

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Words nearby cross-mate

cross-lot bracing, crossly, Crossman, cross-match, cross matching, cross-mate, cross-modality, cross-multiply, cross my heart and hope to die, cross-national, crossness

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The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
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And then I said, ‘Well, chief, when the admiral comes aboard, the first mate has to pipe him in.’
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When they invade new territory, populations are low, and the queen has limited mate options.
Mongooses, Meerkats, and Ants, Oh My! Why Some Animals Keep Mating All in the Family|Helen Thompson|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
When he returned to the hotel he kissed his incongruous room-mate with the gentleness of a woman.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
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Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson