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    cross·ing
    [ˈkrôsiNG, ˈkräsiNG]
    noun
    crossing (noun) · crossings (plural noun)
    1. a place where two roads, two railroad lines, or a road and a railroad line cross:
      "a stream of cars was waiting for the railroad crossing barriers to be opened"
      • architecture
        the intersection of a church nave and the transepts:
        "the cathedral has a lantern tower over the crossing"
    2. a place at which one may safely cross something, especially a street:
      "we were thirty yards from the crossing when a man stepped off the pavement"
      • a place at which one may cross a border between countries:
        "a border crossing"
    3. the action of moving across or over something:
      "the crossing of the Pyrenees"
      • a journey across water in a ship:
        "a short ferry crossing"
    4. crossbreeding.
    cross
    [krôs, kräs]
    verb
    crossing (present participle)
    1. go or extend across or to the other side of (a path, road, stretch of water, or area):
      "he has crossed the Atlantic twice" · "two paths crossed the field" · "a shadow of apprehension crossed her face" · "we crossed over the bridge"
      • go across or climb over (an obstacle or boundary):
        "he attempted to cross the border into Jordan" · "we crossed over a fence"
      • (cross over)
        (especially of an artist or an artistic style or work) begin to appeal to a different audience, especially a wider one:
        "a talented animator who crossed over to live action"
    2. pass in an opposite or different direction; intersect:
      "the two lines cross at 90°"
      • cause (two things) to intersect:
        "cross the cables in opposing directions"
      • place (something) crosswise:
        "Michele sat back and crossed her arms"
      • (of a letter) be sent before receipt of another from the person being written to:
        "our letters crossed"
    3. draw a line or lines across; mark with a cross:
      "cross the t's"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        mark or annotate (a check), typically by drawing a pair of parallel lines across it, to indicate that it must be paid into a named bank account:
        "a crossed check"
      • (cross someone/something off)
        delete a name or item on a list as being no longer required or involved:
        "Liz crossed off the days on the calendar"
      • (cross something out)
        delete an incorrect or inapplicable word or phrase by drawing a line through it:
        "cross out any portions which do not apply"
    4. (cross oneself)
      (of a person) make the sign of the cross in front of one's chest as a sign of Christian reverence or to invoke divine protection:
      "Beatie crossed herself quickly at the mention of the dead"
    5. soccer
      pass (the ball) across the field toward the center when attacking:
      "he could not get to the line to cross the ball" · "Powell crossed from the left"
    6. cause (an animal of one species, breed, or variety) to interbreed with one of another species, breed, or variety:
      "many animals of the breed were crossed with the closely related Guernsey" · "he behaved like an old regular officer crossed with a mathematician"
      • cross-fertilize (a plant):
        "a hybrid tea was crossed with a polyantha rose"
    7. oppose or stand in the way of (someone):
      "no one dared cross him"
    Origin
    late Old English cros (in the sense ‘monument in the form of a cross’), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux.
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    noun
    1. a place where two roads, two railroad lines, or a road and a railroad line cross:
      junction
      crossroads
      intersection
      interchange
      level crossing
      motorway junction
      railway junction
      • a place at which one may safely cross something, especially a street:
        pedestrian crossing
        zebra crossing
        street crossing
        pelican crossing
        the green man
        verb
        1. go or extend across or to the other side of (a path, road, stretch of water, or area):
          cut across
          traverse
          negotiate
          navigate
          cover
          span
          bridge
          arch
          ford
          pass over
          travel across
          go across
          make one's way across
          range over
          tramp over
          wander over
          extend across
          stretch across
          arch over
          vault over
        2. pass in an opposite or different direction; intersect:
          intersect
          meet
          join
          connect
          crisscross
          interweave
          intertwine
          • oppose or stand in the way of (someone):
            oppose
            resist
            defy
            thwart
            frustrate
            foil
            obstruct
            impede
            hinder
            hamper
            block
            check
            deny
            contradict
            stand up to
            take issue with
            set one's face against
            fly in the face of
            gainsay
            controvert
            argue with
            quarrel with
            take a stand against
            put up a fight against
            Opposite:
            support
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