CRISS-CROSS


Meaning of CRISS-CROSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ krɪs krɒs, AM - krɔ:s ]

also crisscross

( criss-crosses, criss-crossing, criss-crossed)

1.

If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.

They criss-crossed the country by bus...

Telephone wires criss-cross the street.

VERB : V n , V n

2.

If two sets of lines or things criss-cross , they cross over each other.

Wires criss-cross between the tops of the poles, forming a grid...

The roads here are quite a maze, criss-crossing one another in a fashion that at times defies logic.

V-RECIP : pl-n V , V pron-recip

3.

A criss-cross pattern or design consists of lines crossing each other.

Slash the tops of the loaves with a sharp serrated knife in a criss-cross pattern.

ADJ : ADJ n

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