CRISSCROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crisscross mean? 

• CRISSCROSS (noun)
  The noun CRISSCROSS has 1 sense:

1. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

  Familiarity information: CRISSCROSS used as a noun is very rare.

• CRISSCROSS (adjective)
  The adjective CRISSCROSS has 1 sense:

1. marked with crossing lines

  Familiarity information: CRISSCROSS used as an adjective is very rare.

• CRISSCROSS (verb)
  The verb CRISSCROSS has 3 senses:

1. cross in a pattern, often random

2. mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines

3. mark with a pattern of crossing lines

  Familiarity information: CRISSCROSS used as a verb is uncommon.

• CRISSCROSS (adverb)
  The adverb CRISSCROSS has 1 sense:

1. crossing one another in opposite directions

  Familiarity information: CRISSCROSS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRISSCROSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A marking that consists of lines that cross each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

crisscross; cross; mark

Hypernyms ("crisscross" is a kind of...):

marking (a pattern of marks)

Derivation:

crisscross (mark with a pattern of crossing lines)

crisscross (mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines)

crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)

• CRISSCROSS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked with crossing lines

Synonyms:

crisscross; crisscrossed

Similar:

reticular; reticulate (resembling or forming a network)

• CRISSCROSS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they crisscross    ... he / she / it crisscrosses   
Past simple: crisscrossed   
Past participle: crisscrossed   
-ing form: crisscrossing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cross in a pattern, often random

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crisscross" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

crisscross (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

wrinkles crisscrossed her face

Hypernyms (to "crisscross" is one way to...):

line (mark with lines)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

crisscross (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Mark with a pattern of crossing lines

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

crisscross the sheet of paper

Hypernyms (to "crisscross" is one way to...):

mark (make or leave a mark on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

crisscross (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)

• CRISSCROSS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crossing one another in opposite directions

 Context examples 

Well, I won't, but I hate to see things going all crisscross and getting snarled up, when a pull here and a snip there would straighten it out.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The yellow cottage, standing back a little from the road, with its upper story bulging forward and a crisscross of black woodwork let into the plaster, is the one in which we lived.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)