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The meaning of CRISSCROSS is to mark with intersecting lines. How to use crisscross in a sentence. to mark with intersecting lines; to pass back and forth through or over; to go or pass back and forth…
crisscross. [ kris -kraws, -kros ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school. to mark with crossing lines. verb (used without object) to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern:
having or making a pattern of lines which cross each other: The streets ran in a regular criss-cross pattern. Cut the aubergines in half, and score the flesh with criss-cross lines. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
adjective [ before noun ] us / ˈkrɪs.krɑːs / uk / ˈkrɪs.krɒs /. having or making a pattern of lines which cross each other: The streets ran in a regular criss-cross pattern. Cut the eggplants in half, and score the flesh with criss-cross lines. More examples.
verb [ I/T ] us / ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs / Add to word list. to move or exist in a pattern of crossing lines: [ T ] From the air, we saw highways crisscrossing the farmland below. (Definition of crisscross from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of crisscross. crisscross.
4 days ago · 1. verb. 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. [VERB noun] Telephone wires criss-cross the street. [VERB noun] 2. verb.
to make a pattern on something with many straight lines that cross each other. criss-cross (something) Searchlights were criss-crossing the sky. The smaller streets criss-cross in a grid pattern. be criss-crossed with something The city is criss-crossed with canals.