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Webster 1913 Edition

Crossing

Cross′ing

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Noun.
[See
Cross
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
The act by which anything is crossed;
as, the
crossing
of the ocean
.
2.
The act of making the sign of the cross.
Bp. Hall.
3.
The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
4.
Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
6.
Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
I do not bear these
crossings
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Crossing

CROSSING

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ppr.
Drawing; running or passing a line over; erasing; canceling; thwarting; opposing; counteracting; passing over.

CROSSING

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Noun.
A thwarting; impediment; vexation.

Definition 2024

crossing

crossing

English

Noun

crossing ‎(plural crossings)

  1. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  2. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  3. A voyage across a body of water
  4. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
  5. Movement into a crossed position.
    • 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, ‎Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)
      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.
  6. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
  7. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque

Translations

voyage across a body of water

Adjective

crossing ‎(not comparable)

  1. (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

Verb

crossing

  1. present participle of cross

References

  • “crossing” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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