crossing
adjEtymology By surface analysis, cross + -ing.
1
Rare Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
crossing
nounUK /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ · US /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
Etymology By surface analysis, cross + -ing.
12 senses
- 1Cross-breeding.
- 2Opposition; thwarting.
- 3An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- 4A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- 5The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- 6A voyage across a body of water.
- 7The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave…
- 8Movement into a crossed position.
- 9A pair of intersecting edges.
- 10A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- 11The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who…
- 12Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
1
Cross-breeding.
2
Opposition; thwarting.
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.2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23:
4
A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- Please, cross at the crossing.
5
The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
6
A voyage across a body of water.
7
Architecture The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
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.1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English, page 270:
9
Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences A pair of intersecting edges.
10
A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
11
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Social science, Sociolinguistics, Sociology The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
12
Philippines, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Derived terms
59 terms
backcrossing, barrow crossing, Capels Crossing, Caroline Crossing, common crossing, Coutts Crossing, crossing guard, crossing keeper, crossing loop, crossing-sweeper, crossing time, Dead Women Crossing, diamond crossing, Dyers Crossing, Fernances Crossing, Ficks Crossing, Fitzroy Crossing, flat crossing, Gonn Crossing, grade crossing, Hoppers Crossing, level crossing, Logans Crossing, Morans Crossing, panda crossing, Paynes Crossing, Peak Crossing, pedestrian crossing, ped xing, pelican crossing, Perrys Crossing, Prides Crossing, puffin crossing, railroad crossing, railway crossing, Ropes Crossing, Sadliers Crossing, Sandy Crossing, school crossing attendant, scissors crossing, scramble crossing, Stephenville Crossing, Stony Crossing, Swans Crossing, Tambo Crossing, toucan crossing, train crossing, undercrossing, wallcrossing, Washington Crossing, Watsons Crossing, Wells Crossing, Widgee Crossing North, Widgee Crossing South, wildlife crossing, wombat crossing, xing, zebra crossing, zero crossing