crossing

noun

1. 1

   Cross-breeding.

2. 2

   Opposition; thwarting.

3. 3

   An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

   The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.

4. 4

   A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.

   Please, cross at the crossing.

5. 5

   The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.

6. 6

   A voyage across a body of water.

7. 7

   The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.

8. 8

   Movement into a crossed position.

   For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

9. 9

   A pair of intersecting edges.

10. 10

    A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.

11. 11

    The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.

12. 12

    Variant of pedestrian crossingEllipsis of pedestrian crossing.

adjective

1. 1

   rareExtending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of crosspresent participle and gerund of cross

Forms

plural

crossings