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crisscross1 verbcrisscross2 noun crisscrosscriss‧cross1, criss-cross /ˈkrɪskrɒs $ -krɒːs/ verb  VERB TABLEcrisscross |
Present | I, you, we, they | crisscross | | he, she, it | crisscrosses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | crisscrossed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have crisscrossed | | he, she, it | has crisscrossed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had crisscrossed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will crisscross | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have crisscrossed |
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Present | I | am crisscrossing | | he, she, it | is crisscrossing | | you, we, they | are crisscrossing | Past | I, he, she, it | was crisscrossing | | you, we, they | were crisscrossing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been crisscrossing | | he, she, it | has been crisscrossing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been crisscrossing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be crisscrossing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been crisscrossing |
- They spent a year crisscrossing the country by bus.
- And all of them trained in the same swamps crisscrossed by cocaine cowboys.
- But the upper mantle, which is crisscrossed by both surface and body waves, is far better understood.
- Cut in margarine, using pastry blender or crisscrossing two knives, until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
- Global information distribution networks represent the infrastructure crisscrossing countries and continents.
- The ice on the river was smooth and transparent, not crisscrossed with the white etchings of skaters' tracks.
- The parcel was substantial, tightly wrapped in brown paper, crisscrossed by waxed brown twine with many knots.
- The river ice was crisscrossed with cracks, and we heard occasional booming as new cracks were made.
- There are no high-powered radio or television stations, and only a few electric-power transmission lines crisscross the rugged landscape.
► Shapes/Patternsarabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun 1[intransitive, transitive] to make a pattern of straight lines that cross each other: Railway lines crisscross the countryside.2[transitive] to travel many times from one side of an area to another: They spent the next two years crisscrossing the country by bus. |