crossing

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/)
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ
• Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ

crossing (plural crossings)

1. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
2. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
3. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
4. A voyage across a body of water
5. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
6. Movement into a crossed position.
   • 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, ‎Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)

     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.

7. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
8. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque

• crossing keeper
• diamond crossing
• grade crossing
• level crossing

crossing (not comparable)

1. (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

crossing

1. present participle of cross

• “crossing” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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