- present participle of cross.
crossing
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that crosses.
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a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other.
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a place at which a road, railroad track, river, etc., may be crossed.
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hybridization; crossbreeding.
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the act of opposing or thwarting; frustration; contradiction.
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the intersection of nave and transept in a cruciform church.
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Railroads. a track structure composed of four connected frogs, permitting two tracks to cross each other at grade with sufficient clearance for wheel flanges.
noun
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the place where one thing crosses another
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a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc, may be crossed
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the intersection of the nave and transept in a church
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the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea
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the act or process of crossbreeding
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A teenager accused of endangering the lives of 165 migrants by allegedly piloting a record-breaking dinghy crossing of the English Channel is to stand trial.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A 2021 study from the University of Windsor estimated the new span would slash 20 minutes off crossing time for each truck and save the trucking industry billions in costs over its lifetime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Galaxies continue to emit light, but that light may spend billions of years crossing the cosmos before reaching us.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
According to Homeland Security, members of the Trusted Traveler Program “use expedited clearance lanes on arrival at U.S. airports and when crossing international land and sea borders.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
IT must be the same as going to the moon, crossing the interior of Alaska by dog team.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Last year, more than 1.8 million trucks rumbled across the aging aquamarine span, which opened in 1929 and is one of the continent’s busiest land-border crossings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The rugged area where Shields’ body was found is accessible via a 20-mile hike with 5,000 feet of elevation and several river crossings along the Pine Ridge Trail, according to AllTrails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The 25-year-old boarded a boat bound for Malaysia in April, part of a wave of Rohingya refugees attempting dangerous sea crossings that led to a record number of deaths in 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
“So-called dark crossings outnumbered observable passages for the previous three days,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
“A horse, or a mule, in Belle’s case, has to be sure-footed, able to balance. Even swim, if needed. River crossings test many a man, too.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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