Cross country

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• cross-country — [ krɔskuntri ] n. m. • 1880; mot angl., de across « à travers » et country « campagne » ♦ Vieilli ⇒ cross (1o). cross country n. m. SPORT Course à pied au milieu d obstacles naturels. Des cross countries. ⇒CROSS COUNTRY, subst. masc. et, p. ell …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Cross country — (cross country) can refer to: Sports Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain Cross country skiing, a winter sport for skiing Cross country cycling Cross country… …   Wikipedia

• Cross-Country —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Cross country (homonymie).  Cross country d Ossiloop Le cross country est une des épreuves de l a …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cross country — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cross-country — cross country1 adj [only before noun] 1.) across fields or not along main roads ▪ cross country running ▪ We took a cross country route instead of the motorway. 2.) from one part of the country to the other ▪ cross country flights >cross… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Cross-country — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Competencia de cross country. Para la prueba de atletismo llamada cross country , véase Campo a través. El cross country (del inglés, a campo traviesa ) es una práctica de la equitaci …   Wikipedia Español

• Cross Country — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Canberra, 2009. Cross country (XC) en bicicleta es la disciplina mas común del Ciclismo de montaña, Aunque menos difundido que el descenso de montaña (Downhill), ya que es más difícil de televisar. es la disciplina… …   Wikipedia Español

• cross-country — cross country1 adjective * 1. ) going across countryside, not using tracks or roads: a cross country race 2. ) from one side of a country to the other: cross country services ╾ ,cross country adverb cross country ,cross country 2 noun count or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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

• cross-country — [krôs′kun΄trē] adj., adv. 1. across open country through woods and fields, etc. [cross country skiing] 2. across a country [a cross country flight] n. a sport or competition consisting of a cross country footrace, from two to six miles (1.2 3.7… …   English World dictionary