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crossing
[ kraw-sing, kros-ing ]
noun
- a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other.
- hybridization; crossbreeding.
- the act of opposing or thwarting; frustration; contradiction.
- the intersection of nave and transept in a cruciform church.
- Railroads. a track structure composed of four connected frogs, permitting two tracks to cross each other at grade with sufficient clearance for wheel flanges.
crossing
/ ˈ°ì°ùÉ’²õɪŋ /
noun
- the place where one thing crosses another
- a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc, may be crossed
- the intersection of the nave and transept in a church
- the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea
- the act or process of crossbreeding
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Example Sentences
The man had been crossing the B2102 Bell Farm Road, east of the junction with Brookside, when he was struck by a blue Ford Ka being driven by an 87-year-old woman, Sussex Police said.
“Ideally, it deters them from crossing†illegally, said Jeffrey Stalnaker, acting chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector.
The piece, a frangipani branch from his grandmother’s former garden in the neighborhood, will be planted in the museum’s garden, crossing temporal and spatial boundaries between the institution and the artist.
Both nations sit on the Mediterranean coast and are key transit points for African migrants crossing the sea to Europe.
It was then that Mr Lee phoned to warn his friend "he was crossing a bridge of no return", which incensed Yoon.
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