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crossing

[ kraw-sing, kros-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that crosses. cross.
  2. a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other.
  3. a place at which a road, railroad track, river, etc., may be crossed. crossed.
  4. hybridization; crossbreeding.
  5. the act of opposing or thwarting; frustration; contradiction.
  6. the intersection of nave and transept in a cruciform church.
  7. 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

  1. the place where one thing crosses another
  2. a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc, may be crossed
  3. the intersection of the nave and transept in a church
  4. the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea
  5. the act or process of crossbreeding
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of crossing1

1375–1425; late Middle English. See cross, -ing 1
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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.

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“Ideally, it deters them from crossing†illegally, said Jeffrey Stalnaker, acting chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector.

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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.

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Both nations sit on the Mediterranean coast and are key transit points for African migrants crossing the sea to Europe.

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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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