Crossword clues for cross-country
cross-country
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cross-country \cross-country\ n. a race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.
Syn: cross country.
cross-country \cross-country\ adj.
from one side of a country to the other; as, a cross-country railway.
moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads; as, a cross-country race. Opposite of road.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of cross country English)
WordNet
adj. from one side of a country to the other; "a cross-country railway"
moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads; "a cross-country race" [ant: road(a)]
adv. across the countryside; "the river runs crosscountry"
Wikipedia
Cross-Country is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's H.A.V.O.C. driver and debuted in 1986.
Usage examples of "cross-country".
David and Theresa Coggins went cross-country skiing on Winetka Lake near their home in south Hopkins.
Dickson meant, when he remarked that only a flying horse could be of use on such Formosan cross-country journeys.
Sermon recalled then that Barrowdene was famous for cross-country events and that several old Harrovians had made reputations for themselves in Olympic Events in post-war years.
There are descriptions of a cross-country race, a foot-ball game, a base-ball match, and interscholastic track athletics.
Our youngest, Raymond, hopes to follow his brother Jim to Mercersburg after having won varsity letters in both cross-country running and wrestling in his freshman year at Bishop McNamara High School in Maryland.
It was a bright, defrosted, pussy-willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross-country in a large roast turkey.
They drove around in a slow arc, passing incoming snowmobiles, cross-country skiers, and snowshoers Farther out, there were car races to watch, and farther still, open patches where ice sailers caught the wind in a stream of vivid colors against the snow.
The old roan, so famous for cross-country work, turning his large eyeball to the grated window near his rack, may remember the fresh leaves that glisten there at other times and the scents that stream in, and may have a fine run with the hounds, while the human helper, clearing out the next stall, never stirs beyond his pitchfork and birch-broom.
He traced the likely route of a cross-country bus. It might veer south toward Houston, or it might go into Dallas.
For example, long-distance travelers needed food at regular intervals, so the first cross-country train passengers were advised to pack their own dried or preserved foods to sustain their eight-day trek.
During the day they cross-country skiied or snowshoed along the ridges and valleys.
They had erected an ellipsoid force field for the protection of the entire group, for the all-purpose vehicles, the cross-country jeeps containing radar and radio installations, the mobile kitchen, the trailer with airtight living quarters, and the small carriage on caterpillar tracks on which their laser beam sender had been mounted.
They considered bypassing the bodyguards by approaching the farmhouse cross-country.
Cross-country to Cirencester and then up the A435 to Cheltenham, then turn off at Eckington.
They could cut cross-country to intersect the yellow line and in due course reconnect with Barb and Theria and Blooky-but what use would that be now?