crossing

Speech parts

1. crossing - Noun

2. crossing - Adjective

3. crossing - Verb

Meaning

of Cross

The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

The act of making the sign of the cross.

The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

Intersection, as of two paths or roads.

A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ford crossroad intersection hybridization interbreeding crossbreeding crosswalk crossway cross passing passage junction traverse crossover traversal
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Antonyms

remaining skirting nonintervention polarization demilitarize protecting
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Hypernyms

union water point travel path traveling

Hyponyms

ford corner reciprocal traverse traversal level crossing

Phrases with the word

crossing attendant female crossing attendant female crossing guard female school crossing attendant female school crossing guard male crossing attendant

Examples

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx

If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps. James Thurber

Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic. Ranulph Fiennes

Living life is not like just crossing a field. Russian Proverb

Tap even a stone bridge before crossing. Korean Proverb

Once deep pools, now a crossing place. Palestinian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

crosshybridization crosshybridize crosshybridized crossing attendant crossing center crossing guard