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cross·ing  (krôsng, krsng)
n.
1. The act or action of crossing.
2.
a. A place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; an intersection.
b. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway, for example, may be crossed: a railroad crossing; a pedestrian crossing.
3. The intersection of the nave and transept in a cruciform church.

crossing [ˈkrɒsɪŋ]
n
1. the place where one thing crosses another
2. (Social Science / Human Geography) a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc., may be crossed
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the intersection of the nave and transept in a church
4. the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) the act or process of crossbreeding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crossingcrossing - traveling across                    
travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
fording, ford - the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
traversal, traverse - taking a zigzag path on skis
2.crossing - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
3.crossing - a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
4.crossingcrossing - a junction where one street or road crosses another
street corner, turning point, corner - the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
junction - the place where two or more things come together
grade crossing, level crossing - intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
5.crossingcrossing - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
grade separation - a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass
path - a way especially designed for a particular use
pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing - street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
6.crossingcrossing - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
mating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each
monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
test-cross, testcross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
7.crossing - a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
voyage - a journey to some distant place
Translations
crossing [ˈkrɒsɪŋ]
A. N
1. (esp by sea) → travesía f
2. (= road junction) → cruce m; (= pedestrian crossing) → paso m de peatones; (= level crossing) → paso m a nivel
cross at the crossingcrucen en el paso de peatones
B. CPD crossing guard N (US) persona encargada de ayudar a los niños a cruzar la calle
crossing point Npaso m; (at border) → paso m fronterizo

crossing [ˈkrɒsɪŋ] n
(= journey by boat) → traversée f
the crossing from Dover to Calais → la traversée de Douvres à Calais
(for pedestrians, across road)passage m clouté; (across railway line)passage m à niveau
(= junction) (across railway line, road)croisement m
crossing point n (across road, border)point m de passage; (across river)gué m
cross-legged [ˌkrɒsˈlɛgd]
adv [sit] → en tailleur
adj [person] → assis(e) en tailleur

crossing
n
(= act)Überquerung f; (= sea crossing)Überfahrt f
(= crossing place)Übergang m; (= crossroads)Kreuzung f

crossing [ˈkrɒsɪŋ] n (sea-passage) → traversata; (of equator) → attraversamento; (road junction) → incrocio, crocicchio (also pedestrian crossing) → strisce fpl pedonali, passaggio pedonale; (level crossing) → passaggio a livello
cross at the crossing → attraversare sulle strisce
crossing [ˈkrɒsɪŋ] n (sea-passage) → traversata; (of equator) → attraversamento; (road junction) → incrocio, crocicchio (also pedestrian crossing) → strisce fpl pedonali, passaggio pedonale; (level crossing) → passaggio a livello
cross at the crossing → attraversare sulle strisce

crossing عبور křižovatka overfart Kreuzung διάβαση cruce ylikulkutie traversée prelaz attraversamento 交差点 횡단로 oversteekplaats overgang skrzyżowanie cruzamento переход överfart การข้าม geçit chỗ giao nhau 人行横道


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As he was crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled and fell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groaned heavily.
After crossing a river, you should get far away from it.
LAST summer I happened to be crossing the plains of Iowa in a season of intense heat, and it was my good fortune to have for a traveling companion James Quayle Burden--Jim Burden, as we still call him in the West.
 
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