crossing
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/
The English word “crossing” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- Cross-breeding.
- Opposition; thwarting.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
adjective
Etymology
By surface analysis, cross + -ing.
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