crossing
pronunciation
How to pronounce crossing in British English:
UK [ˈkrɒsɪŋ]
How to pronounce crossing in American English:
US [ˈkrɔːsɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
Word Origin
- crossing (n.)
- 1530s, "a marking with a cross," verbal noun from cross (v.). From 1570s as "action of passing across;" 1630s as "place where (a river, a road, etc.) is crossed;" from 1690s as "intersection" (originally of streets). Meaning "action of crossing out by drawing crossed lines through" is from 1650s. Crossing-gate is from 1876.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Does crossing legs cause spider veins ?
- 2. Sitting down and crossing your legs won 't cause varicose or spider veins , but standing may .
- 3. After all , most people at least verbally endorse the safeguard of touching wood or crossing fingers .
- 4. Go straight down the street , turn right at the second crossing .
- 5. Three years ago , when I was carrying her birthday cake crossing a street , a car crashed into me .