All cross-cut synonyms
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C c noun cross-cut
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- pathway β a path, course, route, or way.
- shaft β a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- mine β an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- subway β Also called, especially British, tube, underground. an underground electric railroad, usually in a large city.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pit β the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- channel β A channel is a television station.
- underpass β a passage running underneath, especially a passage for pedestrians or vehicles, or both, crossing under a railroad, road, etc.
- roadway β the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- aisle β An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.
- lane β a male given name.
- procedure β subroutine
- track β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- route β a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- rail β any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- direction β the act or an instance of directing.
- passage β a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- street β a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- highway β a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- avenue β Avenue is sometimes used in the names of streets. The written abbreviation Ave. is also used.
- road β a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- walkway β any passage for walking, especially one connecting the various areas of a ship, factory, park, etc.
- byway β A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- adit β an almost horizontal shaft into a mine, for access or drainage
- tube β a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- drift β a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- burrow β A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- rut β the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
- boulevard β A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- thoroughfare β a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
verb cross-cut
- intersect β to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- converge β If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions.
- crisscross β to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- intersect β to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- crosscut β cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
- bisect β If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
- intertwine β Twist or twine together.
- decussate β to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- lace β a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- meet β greatest lower bound