crossing Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Cross"ing noun
Etymology
See Cross, v. t.
Definitions
  1. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
  2. The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.
  3. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
  4. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
  5. A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
  6. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
    I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

Webster 1913