Search Result:crossing
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋkrɒsIŋ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊkrɒsiŋ 〕
Overview of noun crossing
The noun crossing has 7 senses
- crossing -- (traveling across)
- ford, crossing -- (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
- crossing -- (a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect)
- intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour -- (a junction where one street or road crosses another)
- 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)
- 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)
- crossing -- (a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean))
Overview of verb cross
The verb cross has 8 senses
- 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")
- intersect, cross -- (meet at a point)
- 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")
- cross -- (fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs")
- 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")
- cross -- (meet and pass; "the trains crossed")
- cross -- (trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'")
- 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")