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crossbacked

crossbacked is the simple past and past participle of crossback.

Meaning of crossback

Verb

crossback (third-person singular simple present crossbacks, present participle crossbacking, simple past and past participle crossbacked)

  1. To cross a hybrid species with one of the original parent species.
    • The rows which are as good as the resistant parent, we crossback to the high-yielding sort.1960, Iago Galdston, Human Nutrition: Historic and Scientific, page 156

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Adjective

crossbacked (not comparable)

  1. Having a cross on the back.
    • Madam Dubonnct will wherein a crossbacked spider sways, not have it brushed away; spiders bring luck, and she has had quite enough misfortune in her house.1914, The International - Volumes 8-11, page 365
    • A grilled New York Strip ($12.99) arrived crossbacked and medium rare as ordered.1989 November, Joan Fox, “Restaurants: A Munch by the Mall”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 23, number 2, page 118

Questions about crossbacked

What does crossbacked mean?
Crossbacked means having a cross on the back.
What is crossbacked the simple past and past participle of?
Crossbacked is the simple past and past participle of crossback.
What part of speech is crossbacked?
Crossbacked is an adjective.

Words near crossbacked in the dictionary

  1. crossarms
  2. crossasteroside
  3. crossatron
  4. crossatrons
  5. crossback
  6. crossbacked
  7. crossbacking
  8. crossbacks
  9. crossband
  10. crossbanded
  11. crossbanding

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