Crossing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded (syn: ford)
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another (syn: crossroad, crossway, intersection)
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other (syn: crossover)
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (syn: cross, crossbreeding, hybridization)
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
Extra examples
Stop at the railroad crossing.
You must give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.
Turn left at the first crossing.
The crossing was rough.
I saw them crossing the street and I waited until they were safely across.
You should look both ways before crossing the street.
She paused for a few seconds before crossing the street.
...during his solo crossing of the Atlantic he managed to avoid the fierce oceanic storms that rage in those tropical latitudes...
It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
...the first solo pilot to undertake the venturesome crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air...
Stop here to gas up before crossing the desert.
Hold on down the road until you come to the railway crossing.
Passengers are cautioned against crossing the line.
He was drowned in crossing the river.
They rested listening to the ping-ping-ping of crossing bells.
Word forms
singular: crossing
plural: crossings
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