also crisscross
(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a person or thing ~es an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things ~ an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.
They ~ed the country by bus...
Telephone wires ~ the street.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If two sets of lines or things ~, they cross over each other.
Wires ~ between the tops of the poles, forming a grid...
The roads here are quite a maze, ~ing one another in a fashion that at times defies logic.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V pron-recip
3.
A ~ pattern or design consists of lines crossing each other.
Slash the tops of the loaves with a sharp serrated knife in a ~ pattern.
ADJ: ADJ n