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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. not following tracks or roads;
- Example: "they liked to race cross-country"

2. across the countryside;
- Example: "the river runs cross-country"
- Example: "the road runs cross-country"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cross-country
    adv 1: not following tracks or roads; "they liked to race cross-
           country"
    2: across the countryside; "the river runs cross-country"; "the
       road runs cross-country"