criss-cross

Past participle: criss-crossed
Gerund: criss-crossing

Imperative
criss-cross
criss-cross

Present
I criss-cross
you criss-cross
he/she/it criss-crosses
we criss-cross
you criss-cross
they criss-cross

Preterite
I criss-crossed
you criss-crossed
he/she/it criss-crossed
we criss-crossed
you criss-crossed
they criss-crossed

Present Continuous
I am criss-crossing
you are criss-crossing
he/she/it is criss-crossing
we are criss-crossing
you are criss-crossing
they are criss-crossing

Present Perfect
I have criss-crossed
you have criss-crossed
he/she/it has criss-crossed
we have criss-crossed
you have criss-crossed
they have criss-crossed

Past Continuous
I was criss-crossing
you were criss-crossing
he/she/it was criss-crossing
we were criss-crossing
you were criss-crossing
they were criss-crossing

Past Perfect
I had criss-crossed
you had criss-crossed
he/she/it had criss-crossed
we had criss-crossed
you had criss-crossed
they had criss-crossed

Future
I will criss-cross
you will criss-cross
he/she/it will criss-cross
we will criss-cross
you will criss-cross
they will criss-cross

Future Perfect
I will have criss-crossed
you will have criss-crossed
he/she/it will have criss-crossed
we will have criss-crossed
you will have criss-crossed
they will have criss-crossed

Future Continuous
I will be criss-crossing
you will be criss-crossing
he/she/it will be criss-crossing
we will be criss-crossing
you will be criss-crossing
they will be criss-crossing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been criss-crossing
you have been criss-crossing
he/she/it has been criss-crossing
we have been criss-crossing
you have been criss-crossing
they have been criss-crossing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been criss-crossing
you will have been criss-crossing
he/she/it will have been criss-crossing
we will have been criss-crossing
you will have been criss-crossing
they will have been criss-crossing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been criss-crossing
you had been criss-crossing
he/she/it had been criss-crossing
we had been criss-crossing
you had been criss-crossing
they had been criss-crossing

Conditional
I would criss-cross
you would criss-cross
he/she/it would criss-cross
we would criss-cross
you would criss-cross
they would criss-cross

Past Conditional
I would have criss-crossed
you would have criss-crossed
he/she/it would have criss-crossed
we would have criss-crossed
you would have criss-crossed
they would have criss-crossed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

criss-cross

[ˈkrɪskrɒs]

A. ADJ → entrecruzado

B. N a criss-cross of paths → veredas fpl entrecruzadas

C. VI → entrecruzarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

criss-cross

crisscross [ˈkrɪskrɒs]

vt [person, vehicle, roads] [+ country, area] → sillonner; [roads] [+ city, town] → quadriller

vi [lines, wires, roads] → s'entrecroiser

modif [pattern, design] → en croisillons
a criss-cross diamond pattern → un quadrillage en losanges

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

criss-cross

[ˈkrɪsˌkrɒs]

1. adj (lines) → incrociato/a, intrecciato/a; (pattern) → a linee incrociate

2. vt → incrociare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

criss-cross

(ˈkriskros) adjective

made of lines which cross each other repeatedly. a criss-cross pattern.

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The tops of their heads had no hair, but were carved into a variety of fantastic shapes, some having a row of points or balls around the top, others designs resembling flowers or vegetables, and still others having squares that looked like waffles cut criss-cross on their heads.

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But what shocked me more than any signs of physical weakness was that his face was grotesquely criss-crossed with sticking-plaster, and that one large pad of it was fastened over his mouth.

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