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  2. Oct 28, 2017 · 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.

  3. The meaning of CRISSCROSS is to mark with intersecting lines. How to use crisscross in a sentence.

  4. 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.

  5. 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. Its features were named; the paths and trails that crisscrossed it were memorized.

  6. British English: criss-cross VERB / ˈkrɪskrɒs /. 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.

  7. noun. a crisscross mark, pattern, etc. tick-tack-toe. adverb. in a crisscross manner; crosswise. awry; askew. crisscross. / ˈkrɪsˌkrɒs / verb. to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern. to mark with or consist of a pattern of crossing lines.

  8. 4 days ago · crisscross (countable and uncountable, plural crisscrosses) (countable) A pattern of crossed lines. We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.

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