"crossing" in the noun sense
1. crossing
traveling across
2. ford, crossing
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
3. crossing
a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
4. intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour
a junction where one street or road crosses another
5. crossing, crosswalk, crossover
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
6. hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
7. crossing
a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
"crossing" in the verb sense
1. traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
2. intersect, cross
meet at a point
3. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
4. cross
fold so as to resemble a cross
"she crossed her legs"
5. cross, traverse, span, sweep
to cover or extend over an area or time period
"Rivers traverse the valley floor"
"The parking lot spans 3 acres"
"The novel spans three centuries"
6. cross
meet and pass
"the trains crossed"
7. cross
trace a line through or across
"cross your `t'"
8. crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"cross a horse and a donkey"
"Mendel tried crossbreeding"
"these species do not interbreed"
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