Translate cross-country | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of cross-country
adjective
1across fields or countryside, as opposed to on roads or tracks:cross-country walking relating to or denoting skiing over relatively flat countryside, as opposed to down mountain slopes: a cross-country skier
2not keeping to main or direct roads, routes, or railway lines:an awkward, cross-country journey by train [as adverb]:we drove cross-country to a family reunion chiefly
US travelling to many different parts of a country:a whirlwind cross-country tour
noun
[mass noun] the sport of cross-country running, riding, skiing, or motoring:skiing in the Rockies is a pleasant mix of downhill and cross-country
