crossing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a voyage across a body of water, traditionally across the Atlantic Ocean

   Every fall my family makes the crossing from France to Canada.

2. 2
   noun

   An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

   The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.

3. 3
   noun

   Movement into a crossed position.

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   traveling across

5. 5
   noun

   (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

6. 6
   noun

   a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

7. 7
   noun

   a junction where one street or road crosses another

8. 8
   noun

   a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

Etymology

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.