EnglishMain Dictionary
cross-country
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective [usuallybeforenoun] adverb
1 across fields or open country rather than on roads or a track:
cross-country running / skiing * We rode cross-country.
2 from one part of a country to the other, especially not using main roads or routes:
cross-country train journeys
noun
1 (the cross-country) [sing.] a cross-country running or skiing race:
Who won the cross-country?
2 [U] the sport of running or skiing across country
compareDOWNHILLn.
