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
Part of speech: 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.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Where does this definition of cross-country come from?
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Is cross-country a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, cross-country is tagged as noun.
Does cross-country appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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