crisscross pattern

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• crisscross — criss|cross1 criss cross [ˈkrıskrɔs US kro:s] v 1.) [I and T] to make a pattern of straight lines that cross each other ▪ Railway lines crisscross the countryside. 2.) [T] to travel many times from one side of an area to another ▪ They spent the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• crisscross (criss-cross) — 1 noun (C) a pattern made up of straight lines, usually a lot of them, that cross each other: the crisscross of scars on his back crisscross adjective: trees planted in a crisscross pattern 2 verb (I, T) to make a regularly repeated pattern of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• crisscross — /kris kraws , kros /, v.t. 1. to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school. 2. to mark with crossing lines. v.i. 3. to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern: The streets in… …   Universalium

• crisscross — criss•cross [[t]ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs, ˌkrɒs[/t]] v. t. 1) cvb to move back and forth over 2) cvb to mark with crossing lines 3) cvb to pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern 4) Also, criss′crossed . having many crossing lines, paths, or… …   From formal English to slang

• crisscross — I. verb Etymology: obsolete christcross, crisscross mark of a cross Date: 1818 transitive verb 1. to mark with intersecting lines 2. to pass back and forth through or over intransitive verb 1. to go or pass back and forth 2. overlap, in …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crisscross — criss·cross || krɪskrÉ’s n. crisscross pattern, network formed by intersecting lines v. mark with intersecting lines; intersect a number of times, cross repeatedly; move back and forth adj. crossing, characterized by intersecting lines adv.… …   English contemporary dictionary

• crisscross — [kris′krôs΄] n. [ME Christcros, Christ s cross, the cross at the head of an alphabet, for the symbol X (Gr χ), abbrev. of Christ ( Christos)] 1. a mark made of two crossed lines (X), often used as a signature by people who cannot write their… …   English World dictionary

• crisscross — criss|cross1 [ krıs,krɔs ] verb 1. ) transitive to go across a place and back again many times, taking a different path each time: crisscrossing the state on a bus 2. ) intransitive or transitive to form a pattern of straight lines that cross… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• crisscross — I noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other • Syn: ↑cross, ↑mark • Derivationally related forms: ↑mark (for: ↑mark), ↑cross ( …   Useful english dictionary

• crisscross — [16] Crisscross is an alteration of Christscrosse, a term used from the 16th to 18th centuries for the figure of a cross (not specifically, as the name would seem to suggest, the crucifix). Gradually the original signification of the first… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• crisscross — [16] Crisscross is an alteration of Christscrosse, a term used from the 16th to 18th centuries for the figure of a cross (not specifically, as the name would seem to suggest, the crucifix). Gradually the original signification of the first… …   Word origins