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CROSSHATCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crosshatch mean?
• CROSSHATCH (noun)
The noun CROSSHATCH has 1 sense:
1. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Familiarity information: CROSSHATCH used as a noun is very rare.
• CROSSHATCH (verb)
The verb CROSSHATCH has 1 sense:
1. shade with multiple crossing lines
Familiarity information: CROSSHATCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crosshatch; hachure; hatch; hatching
Hypernyms ("crosshatch" is a kind of...):
shading (graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting)
Derivation:
crosshatch (shade with multiple crossing lines)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it crosshatches Past simple: crosshatched
Past participle: crosshatched
-ing form: crosshatching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shade with multiple crossing lines
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
the draftsman crosshatched the area
Hypernyms (to "crosshatch" is one way to...):
fill in; shade (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
crosshatch (shading consisting of multiple crossing lines)
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