Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
crossing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
- /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ (Australia)
- /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
- /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
- /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- (California) audio
- /ˈkɹɒsəŋ/ (New-Zealand)
- [ˈkɹɔ̟səŋ] (New-Zealand)
Etymology
By surface analysis, cross + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Cross-breeding.
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(countable, uncountable) Opposition; thwarting.
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
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(countable, uncountable) A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
Please, cross at the crossing.
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(countable, uncountable) The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
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(countable, uncountable) A voyage across a body of water.
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(countable, uncountable) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
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(countable, uncountable) A pair of intersecting edges.
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(countable, uncountable) A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
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(countable, uncountable) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
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(Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
Forms
Deriveds
crossing guard · Stephenville Crossing · crossing loop · pelican crossing · Fitzroy Crossing · Logans Crossing · train crossing · diamond crossing · Stony Crossing · Capels Crossing · Fernances Crossing · Gonn Crossing · Washington Crossing · school crossing attendant · wallcrossing · Dead Women Crossing · Sadliers Crossing · puffin crossing · pedestrian crossing · Dyers Crossing · Swans Crossing · backcrossing · railroad crossing · Ficks Crossing · panda crossing · Perrys Crossing · xing · Coutts Crossing · Mayao Crossing · Tambo Crossing · Widgee Crossing South · scramble crossing · Caroline Crossing · undercrossing · crossing time · wildlife crossing · zero crossing · Prides Crossing · Widgee Crossing North · scissors crossing · Morans Crossing · Watsons Crossing · Wells Crossing · zebra crossing · crossing keeper · flat crossing · Hoppers Crossing · barrow crossing · level crossing · Ropes Crossing · ped xing · toucan crossing · Peak Crossing · grade crossing · railway crossing · Paynes Crossing · Sandy Crossing · wombat crossing · crossing-sweeper · common crossing
Translations (120)
it incrocio (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · cs brod (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · hu kereszteződés (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · cs převoz (voyage across a body of water) · be перае́зд (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · be перапра́ва (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · no kryss (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · es (watercourse) vado (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ca creuer (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · be перахо́д (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · pt cruzamento (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ro trecere (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ru пересече́ние (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk перехре́щення (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · be перасячэ́нне (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · hu átkelés (voyage across a body of water) · lt perėja (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · it incrocio (graph theory) · gu ચોક (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · fr carrefour (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · cs přejezd (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · be скрыжава́нне (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk пере́тин (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · pl skrzyżowanie (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · kk жаяуларға арналған жол (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk перепра́ва (voyage across a body of water) · bg пресе́чка (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk перепра́ва (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · uk перехі́д (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · sv övergångsställe (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · tl tawiran (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · gl transepto (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · gl vao (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · mk крстиште (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · it traversata (voyage across a body of water) · gl singradura (voyage across a body of water) · nrf travèrsée (voyage across a body of water) · hu útkereszteződés (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk схре́щення (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · pt encruzilhada (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · hu kijelölt gyalogátkelőhely (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · uk середохре́стя (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · fr traversée (voyage across a body of water) · ru перекрёсток (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · cs křižovatka (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · lt brasta (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ru перехо́д (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ga trasbhealach (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · id persilangan (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · tum jambuko (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · hu átkelőhely (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · de Kreuzung (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · yue 路口 (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · nb overfart (voyage across a body of water) · fi ylitys (voyage across a body of water) · ro traversare (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ru перее́зд (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · gl intersección (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · kw treusva (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · be перапра́ва (voyage across a body of water) · pt cruzamento (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · hu vasúti átjáró (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · mk премин (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · gl cruzamento (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · es intersección (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · nn overfart (voyage across a body of water) · lt pervaža (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ga crosaire (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · gl cruzamento (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · cs křížení (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · nl oversteek (voyage across a body of water) · hy անցում (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · cs přívoz (voyage across a body of water) · hy խաչմերուկ (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · es crucero (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · mi whitianga (voyage across a body of water) · fi ylittäminen (voyage across a body of water) · uk пере́їзд (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ar مَعْبَر (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk перехре́стя (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · fi risteys (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ro traversare (voyage across a body of water) · cmn 路口 (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · id persimpangan (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · cs přechod (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ru перепра́ва (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · uk роздорі́жжя (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ja 交差点 (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · hu gyalogos-átkelőhely (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · ru средокре́стие (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · pt singradura (voyage across a body of water) · fi ylikulkupaikka (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · kw treusva hyns horn (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · bg преси́чане (voyage across a body of water) · mk раскрсница (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · lt keltas (voyage across a body of water) · es crucero (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · uk перехре́щування (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · nl kruispunt (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ja 踏切 (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · pt intersecção (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · gl cruceiro (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · sv korsning (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · bg преси́чане (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · nl overgang (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · es cruce (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · de Überfahrt (voyage across a body of water) · ga trasrian (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · hu négyezet (architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church) · es cruce peatonal (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · es cruce (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · ru перепра́ва (voyage across a body of water) · kw treusva gerdhoryon (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · lij croxêa (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · tl tawiran (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · fr croisement (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · nl kruising (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross) · hu gyalogátkelő (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · kw treusva (place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed) · mk премин (voyage across a body of water)