"bookcross" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bookcrosses [present, singular, third-person], bookcrossing [participle, present], bookcrossed [participle, past], bookcrossed [past]
Etymology: From book + cross, after the name of a Web site for this purpose, bookcrossing.com. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|book|cross}} book + cross Head templates: {{en-verb}} bookcross (third-person singular simple present bookcrosses, present participle bookcrossing, simple past and past participle bookcrossed)
  1. To leave a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do likewise.
    Sense id: en-bookcross-en-verb-~tJr1q13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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