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2 ADJ [ADJ n] A cross-country journey involves less important roads or railway lines, or takes you from one side of a country to the other. □  …cross-country rail services. ● ADV [ADV after v] Cross-country is also an adverb. □  They drove cross-country in his van.

cro ss-cu ltural ADJ [ADJ n] Cross-cultural means involving two or more different cultures. □  What would any World Cup be without a cross-cultural experience?

cro ss-current (cross-currents ) in AM, also use crosscurrent 1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current. □  Cross-currents can sweep the strongest swimmer helplessly away.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can refer to conflicting ideas or traditions as cross-currents . □  …the cross-currents within the Conservative Party.

cro ss-dre ss (cross-dresses , cross-dressing , cross-dressed ) VERB If someone cross-dresses , they wear the clothes of the opposite sex, especially for sexual pleasure. □ [V ] If they want to cross-dress, that's fine. ●  cross-dresser (cross-dressers ) N‑COUNT □  He finds it impossible to join in with other cross-dressers and so resorts to dressing in secret. ●  cross-dressing N‑UNCOUNT □  Cross-dressing is far more common than we realise.

cro ss-exa mine (cross-examines , cross-examining , cross-examined ) VERB When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given. □ [V n] The accused's lawyers will get a chance to cross-examine him. □ [be V -ed + about ] You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault. [Also V n + about ] ●  cross-examination (cross-examinations ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …during the cross-examination of a witness in a murder case. □  Under cross-examination, he admitted he had lied to the police.

cro ss-eyed ADJ Someone who is cross-eyed has eyes that seem to look towards each other.

cross|fire /krɒ sfa I ə ^r , [AM ] krɔː s-/ also cross-fire

1 N‑UNCOUNT Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.

2 PHRASE If you are caught in the crossfire , you become involved in an unpleasant situation in which people are arguing with each other, although you do not want to be involved or say which person you agree with. □ [+ between ] They are caught in the crossfire between the education establishment and the government.

cross|ing /krɒ s I ŋ, [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crossings )

1 N‑COUNT A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake. □  The vessel docked in Swansea after a ten-hour crossing.

2 N‑COUNT A crossing is a place where two roads, paths, or lines cross.

3 N‑COUNT A crossing is the same as a pedestrian crossing . [BRIT ] □  A car hit her on a crossing. in AM, use crosswalk 4 → see also pelican crossing , zebra crossing

5 N‑COUNT A crossing is the same as a grade crossing or a level crossing .

cro ss-le gged ADV [ADV after v] If someone is sitting cross-legged , they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards. □  He sat cross-legged on the floor.

cross|over /krɒ soʊvə ^r , [AM ] krɔː s-/ (crossovers )

1 N‑VAR [oft N n] A crossover of one style and another, especially in music or fashion, is a combination of the two different styles. □ [+ of ] …the contemporary crossover of pop, jazz and funk.