crisscross
verb[I/T]
us/ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs/tomoveorexistin apatternofcrossinglines:
[T]From theair, wesawhighwayscrisscrossing thefarmlandbelow.
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Its features were named; the paths and trails that crisscrossed it were memorized.
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Large canal irrigation systems crisscrossed and broke up grazing grounds and converted some of them into cultivable land.
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The district is hilly and forested and crisscrossed by numerous slow-flowing streams and rivers.
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Creatures of colonialism, the boundaries crisscrossing the continent have already left a sufficiently indelible mark.
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In this discussion, lyric epiphany is explicated along two tracks thatcrisscrossand head toward the same point.
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Ambiguity about these matters shows the degree to which my deepest loyaltiescrisscrossover the contrasting terrain of a variety of partially incommensurable moral communities.
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His map extends along two survey transects, one east-west, one nor th-south, thatcrisscrossthe ancient city.
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Because these posts grow rapidly in height and trunk diameter and produce moderately foliated crowns, single mature rows of these live fences resemble corridors of vegetation crisscrossing the pasture lands.
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Her airless room had no windows, it stank of the insecticide that was used in a losing battle to control the roaches, and its ceiling was crisscrossed with sweating pipes.
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They have been crisscrossing this crusade until the pattern has completely disappeared.
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They are crisscrossing and working themselves to death in a climate in which it is difficult to work, and what is the ultimate result?
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I think that is the vital question, quite apart from thiscrisscrossargument whether one party or another voted for or against the means test.
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There is a continualcrisscrossof movement of electricity at different times of day and to meet different conditions.
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While, of course, the concentration is higher in towns and along main roads, it is also present in rural areas, crisscrossed as they are with roads.
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The hinterlands are criss-crossed by logging roads and most of the plateaus are already developed agricultural lands.
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