Usually means: Long-distance running through varied terrain.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word cross country:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-country: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-country, cross-country: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cross-country: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cross-country, cross-country: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cross-country, cross country: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cross-Country, Cross-country, cross-country: Wordnik
  7. cross-country: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cross-country, cross country: Wiktionary
  9. cross-country: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cross-country: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cross-country: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cross country, cross-country, cross country: Dictionary.com
  13. cross-country: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cross-Country (G.I. Joe), Cross Country (band), Cross Country (novel), Cross-country, Cross country: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. cross-country, cross country: Rhymezone
  16. cross-country, cross country: FreeDictionary.org
  17. cross-country, cross country: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. cross-country, cross country: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. cross country: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-country, cross country: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-country, cross country: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Cross Country: Bicycle Glossary
  3. Cross-country: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Gliding Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cross country)

noun:  (sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.
noun:  A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.
noun:  (countable) Flight between two points or aerodromes using navigational techniques.

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