dictionary definitions for "cross-country"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cross-country
      adv 1: not following tracks or roads; "they liked to race cross-
             country"
      2: across the countryside; "the river runs cross-country"; "the
         road runs cross-country"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cross-country \cross-country\ adj.
     1. from one side of a country to the other; as, a
        cross-country railway.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. moving across open country rather than following tracks or
        roads; as, a cross-country race. Opposite of road.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cross-country \cross-country\ n.
     a race over a course including countryside, rather than over
     roads or prepared paths.
  
     Syn: cross country.
          [WordNet 1.5]


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