'cross-country' definitions:
Definition of 'cross-country'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Not following tracks or roads; "they liked to race cross- country"
adverb
Across the countryside; "the river runs cross-country"; "the road runs cross-country"
Definition of 'cross-country'
From: GCIDE
- cross-country \cross-country\ adj.
- 1. from one side of a country to the other; as, a cross-country railway. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads; as, a cross-country race. Opposite of road. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'cross-country'
From: GCIDE
- cross-country \cross-country\ n. a race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.
- Syn: cross country. [WordNet 1.5]