- present participle of cross.
crossing
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crossings
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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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Iran’s recently created agency, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, identified 46 vessels it says violated its rules for crossing the strait and threatened them with fines, detention or seizure of their cargoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Street lighting was also boosted to improve visibility for crossing pedestrians at Fisherman's Car Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Thousands of people have died crossing from Africa to Europe and SOS Mediterranee is leading part of a network of ships and planes that monitor these waters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
If a star passes close to a black hole without crossing the threshold for total disruption, it can lose only part of its mass, producing a partial TDE.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Ella walked around its colossal base and she felt that familiar crossing tug again.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
He also added that he was pleased with the drastic reduction in illegal border crossings.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Labour said the government's efforts to work with European countries to tackle small boat crossings were "bearing fruit".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Not only are we protecting our physical borders from unlawful crossings, but we are also preventing immigration fraud schemes that are just another way to skirt the immigration laws of the United States," Blanche said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Horton had a network of support crews waiting at road crossings and other strategic points and so needed to carry nothing but a bottle of water.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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