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crisscrossed

crisscrossed adjective: marked by lines crossing in two or more directions. Also the simple past and past participle of crisscross.

Adjective

crisscrossed (comparative more crisscrossed, superlative most crisscrossed)

  1. Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.
    • Don't tell me I lost a step / Criss-crossed in the wrong direction / Found myself in a conversation / From a missed connection2019, The Head and the Heart, “Missed Connections”, in Living Mirage

Also used as

crisscrossed is also the simple past and past participle of crisscross.

Forms of crisscrossed

comparativemore crisscrossed
superlativemost crisscrossed

Questions about crisscrossed

What does crisscrossed mean?
Crisscrossed means marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.
What part of speech is crisscrossed?
Crisscrossed is an adjective.

Words near crisscrossed in the dictionary

  1. crissal thrasher
  2. crissal thrashers
  3. crisscross
  4. crisscross-row
  5. crisscross-rows
  6. crisscrossed
  7. crisscrosses
  8. crisscrossing
  9. crisscrossings
  10. crisse
  11. crisses

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