(music, transitive) To give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).

present participle of cross-tune

(music) A system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other than the commonly accepted GDAE.

simple past tense and past participle of cross-contaminate

plural of cross-contaminator

A person who cross-contaminates. / Something that causes cross-contamination.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cross-contaminate

present participle of cross-contaminate

(architecture) cross vaults generally

plural of cross-collateralization