crisscrossed
Definition
- Adjective:
- Marked with crossing lines: Describes a pattern, surface, or area where lines, paths, or marks intersect repeatedly, forming a network of crossings.
Usage
- The adjective "crisscrossed" is used to describe the visual or physical state of something being covered with intersecting lines. It often implies a dense or complex pattern of crossing.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The old map was crisscrossed with faint pencil lines marking trade routes.
- Her face was crisscrossed with fine wrinkles from years of smiling.
- The valley below was crisscrossed by a network of hiking trails.
Advanced Usage
- "to be crisscrossed by/with something": A common construction to indicate what forms the crossing pattern.
- The continent is crisscrossed by major rivers and highways.
- The document was crisscrossed with official stamps and signatures.
Variants and Related Words
- Crisscross (verb): To move back and forth through or over an area, or to mark something with intersecting lines.
- Birds crisscrossed the sky at dusk.
- Crisscross (noun): A pattern of intersecting lines.
- The fabric had a neat crisscross of threads.
Synonyms
- Intersecting: Cutting across or through something else.
- Reticulated: Divided or marked like a network or net.
- Crosshatched: Shaded with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross.
Antonyms
- Parallel: (Of lines or paths) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
- Straight: Extending uniformly in one direction without a curve or bend.
Adjective
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marked with crossing lines
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