Definitions for crossing

Overview of noun crossing

The noun crossing has 7 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (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))

Overview of verb cross

The verb cross has 8 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (47) 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. (7) intersect, cross

(meet at a point)

3. (1) 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. (1) 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")