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Meanings of crisscross (crisscrossing) in English

Portuguese
cruz
Catalan
creu
Spanish
marca

A marking that consists of lines that cross each other.

        cruz

        Marked with crossing lines.

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              Examples for "crisscrossed"
              Examples for "crisscrossed"
              1
              He hardly knew the town, and crisscrossed it blindly; he felt lost.
              The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
              2
              Shuttles crisscrossed through the fleet, bearing fuel cells, parts, weapons, and personnel.
              Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
              3
              Cables crisscrossed the pavement; camera tripods and microphone booms were set up.
              Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
              4
              In it lines crisscrossed the maps, each one dotted with a number.
              Eve
              5
              Nor was it a matter of navigation-she'dcrisscrossed the country innumerable times.
              Climbing Magazine
              Usage of crisscrossing in English
              1
              The boats seemed to be crisscrossing the asteroid in a definite pattern.
              Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
              2
              They swim back and forth, left to right, up and down, crisscrossing.
              End of Watch
              3
              The lines were crisscrossing like an Etch A Sketch pattern gone wrong.
              Bones of the Lost
              4
              Many rivers are nothing but dry sandy causeways crisscrossing through the landscape.
              The South African
              5
              The dark-blue shapes of ships crisscrossing the water, high above your head.
              Haunted: a novel of stories
              6
              Ashcans, garage doors, fences of chickenwire caging crisscrossing stalks of dead flowers.
              Rabbit, run
              7
              The angry red marks crisscrossing his flesh crudely formed the letter N.
              The Child Thief
              8
              Were those crisscrossing lines on their faces meant to suggest brown skin?
              The Guardian
              9
              They form acres of crisscrossing tunnels with thousands of cooperative workers.
              Wired
              10
              The earth was wet, and muddy water flowed in rivulets crisscrossing their way.
              The Tarn of Eternity
              11
              Rain then washes away the weakened earth, leaving deep gullies crisscrossing the farm.
              Reuters
              12
              Overhead are thick, crisscrossing beams, darkened by years of woodsmoke from the fireplace.
              End of Watch
              13
              The parade ground was a crisscrossing of men and nobody even noticed me.
              Rite of Passage
              14
              It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.
              The windup girl
              15
              She walked to her car, then spent half an hour crisscrossing the town.
              The appeal
              16
              Rivulets turned into streams crisscrossing the ice and grew into rivers.
              The Plains of Passage
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              Translations for crisscrossing
              Portuguese
              cruz
              Spanish
              marcacruz
              Crisscrossing through the time
              Crisscrossing across language varieties
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