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crosshatching

crosshatching is the present participle and gerund of crosshatch.

Noun

crosshatching (countable and uncountable, plural crosshatchings)

  1. A method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.
  2. A method of indicating terrain on a map by using the same technique.

Meaning of crosshatch

Verb

crosshatch (third-person singular simple present crosshatches, present participle crosshatching, simple past and past participle crosshatched)

  1. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.
    • The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 581

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Forms of crosshatching

pluralcrosshatchings

Questions about crosshatching

What does crosshatching mean?
Crosshatching means a method of showing shading by means of multiple small lines that intersect.
What is crosshatching the present participle and gerund of?
Crosshatching is the present participle and gerund of crosshatch.
What part of speech is crosshatching?
Crosshatching is a noun.
What is the plural of crosshatching?
The plural of crosshatching is crosshatchings.

Words near crosshatching in the dictionary

  1. crosshandedly
  2. crosshandedness
  3. crosshatch
  4. crosshatched
  5. crosshatches
  6. crosshatching
  7. crosshatchings
  8. crosshaul
  9. crosshauled
  10. crosshauling
  11. crosshauls

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