crisscross
Use Crisscross in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school.
2.
to mark with crossing lines.
verb (used without object)
3.
to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern: The streets in that part of town crisscross confusingly.
adjective
4.
Also, criss·crossed. having many crossing lines, paths, etc.
adverb
7.
in a crisscross manner; crosswise.
8.
awry; askew.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern |
| 2. | to mark with or consist of a pattern of crossing lines |
| —adj | |
| 3. | (esp of a number of lines) crossing one another in different directions |
| —n | |
| 4. | a pattern made of crossing lines |
| 5. | a US term for noughts and crosses |
| —adv | |
| 6. | in a crosswise manner or pattern |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
crisscross
1818, from M.E. crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross." Used today without awareness of origin.
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Example sentences
Big concrete columns crisscross the spaces, their tilted forms rooting the structure deep into the ground.
Although these fish crisscross the ocean, each stock returns annually to breed in its place of origin.
In an overall view, diagonal stone paths crisscross two major rice paddies and lawns with a vegetable garden planted at one end.
Now the planes swollen with aid simply crisscross the sky overhead.
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