what does cross country mean?

CROSS COUNTRY as NOUN

Meaning
- a long race run over open country
Hypernyms(s) cross country is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- race (what does race mean?)
Hyponym(s)
- Iditarod (what does Iditarod mean?)
- Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race (what does Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race mean?)

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what does cross-country mean?

CROSS-COUNTRY as ADJECTIVE

Meaning
- moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads
Usage Example(s)
- a cross-country race
Antonym(s)
- road(a) (what does road(a) mean?)
Similar To
- off-road (what does off-road mean?)
Meaning
- from one side of a country to the other
Usage Example(s)
- a cross-country railway
Pertainym(s)
- country (what does country mean?)
- state (what does state mean?)
- land (what does land mean?)

CROSS-COUNTRY as ADVERB

Meaning
- across the countryside
Usage Example(s)
- the river runs crosscountry

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