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crossing

adj · name · noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation, dated: /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/ of Canada
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈkɹɒsəŋ/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈkɹɔ̟səŋ]
  • rhymes with -ɒsɪŋ
  • rhymes with -ɔːsɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AO1 S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Former name of Ogod: a barangay of Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A barangay of San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

name

Meaning 5

Former name of San Pascual: a barangay of Santa Rita, Samar, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

name

Meaning 6

A barangay of Libona, Bukidnon, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

name

Meaning 7

A barangay of Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Cross-breeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Opposition; thwarting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Please, cross at the crossing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A voyage across a body of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Movement into a crossed position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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16

noun

Meaning 16

A pair of intersecting edges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociolinguistics, sociology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

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20

verb

Meaning 20

present participle and gerund of cross

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

traveling across

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling

Narrower terms: ford, fording, traversal, traverse

22

noun

Meaning 22

a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: voyage

23

noun

Meaning 23

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union

Narrower terms: dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal cross, reciprocal, testcross, test-cross

24

noun

Meaning 24

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crosswalk, crossover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: path

Narrower terms: grade separation, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing

25

noun

Meaning 25

a junction where one street or road crosses another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intersection, crossroad, crossway, carrefour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: junction

Narrower terms: corner, street corner, turning point, level crossing, grade crossing

26

noun

Meaning 26

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: point

27

noun

Meaning 27

a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ford

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body of water, water

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَعْبَر (maʕbar) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Armenian: խաչմերուկ (xačʻmeruk) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Belarusian: скрыжава́нне (skryžavánnje) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Belarusian: перасячэ́нне (pjerasjačénnje) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Bulgarian: преси́чане (presíčane) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Bulgarian: пресе́чка (preséčka) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Chinese Cantonese: 路口 (lou6 hau2) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Chinese Mandarin: 路口 (lùkǒu) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Cornish: treusva — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Czech: křižovatka — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Dutch: kruising — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Dutch: kruispunt — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Finnish: risteys — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • French: carrefour — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • French: croisement — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Galician: cruzamento — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Galician: intersección — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • German: Kreuzung — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Gujarati: ચોક (cōk) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Hungarian: kereszteződés — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Hungarian: útkereszteződés — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Indonesian: persimpangan — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Indonesian: persilangan — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Italian: incrocio — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Japanese: 交差点 (kōsaten) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Japanese: 踏切 (fumikiri) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Kazakh: жаяуларға арналған жол (jaäularğa arnalğan jol) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ligurian: croxêa — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Macedonian: раскрсница (raskrsnica) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Norwegian: kryss — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Polish: skrzyżowanie — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Portuguese: encruzilhada — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Portuguese: cruzamento — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Portuguese: intersecção — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Romanian: traversare — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Russian: перекрёсток (perekrjóstok) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Russian: пересече́ние (peresečénije) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Spanish: cruce — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Spanish: crucero — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Spanish: intersección — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Swedish: korsning — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Tagalog: tawiran — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: перехре́стя (perexréstja) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: пере́тин (perétyn) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: перехре́щення (perexréščennja) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: схре́щення (sxréščennja) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: роздорі́жжя (rozdorížžja) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Ukrainian: перехре́щування (perexréščuvannja) — intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
  • Armenian: անցում (ancʻum) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Belarusian: перае́зд (pjerajézd) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Belarusian: перапра́ва (pjerapráva) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Belarusian: перахо́д (pjeraxód) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Cornish: treusva — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Cornish: treusva hyns horn — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Cornish: treusva gerdhoryon — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Czech: brod — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Czech: přejezd — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Czech: přechod — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Dutch: overgang — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Finnish: ylikulkupaikka — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Galician: cruzamento — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Galician: vao — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Hungarian: átkelőhely — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Hungarian: gyalogátkelő — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Hungarian: gyalogos-átkelőhely — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Hungarian: kijelölt gyalogátkelőhely — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Hungarian: vasúti átjáró — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Irish: trasbhealach — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Irish: trasrian — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Irish: crosaire — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Lithuanian: brasta — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Lithuanian: pervaža — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Lithuanian: perėja — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Macedonian: премин (premin) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Portuguese: cruzamento — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Romanian: trecere — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Russian: перее́зд (perejézd) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Russian: перепра́ва (perepráva) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Russian: перехо́д (perexód) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Spanish: cruce — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Spanish: cruce peatonal — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Spanish: (watercourse) vado — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Swedish: övergångsställe — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Tagalog: tawiran — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Tumbuka: jambuko — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Ukrainian: пере́їзд (peréjizd) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Ukrainian: перепра́ва (perepráva) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Ukrainian: перехі́д (perexíd) — place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
  • Belarusian: перапра́ва (pjerapráva) — voyage across a body of water
  • Bulgarian: преси́чане (presíčane) — voyage across a body of water
  • Czech: převoz — voyage across a body of water
  • Czech: přívoz — voyage across a body of water
  • Dutch: oversteek — voyage across a body of water
  • Finnish: ylittäminen — voyage across a body of water
  • Finnish: ylitys — voyage across a body of water
  • French: traversée — voyage across a body of water
  • Galician: singradura — voyage across a body of water
  • German: Überfahrt — voyage across a body of water
  • Hungarian: átkelés — voyage across a body of water
  • Italian: traversata — voyage across a body of water
  • Lithuanian: keltas — voyage across a body of water
  • Macedonian: премин (premin) — voyage across a body of water
  • Māori: whitianga — voyage across a body of water
  • Norman: travèrsée — voyage across a body of water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overfart — voyage across a body of water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overfart — voyage across a body of water
  • Portuguese: singradura — voyage across a body of water
  • Romanian: traversare — voyage across a body of water
  • Russian: перепра́ва (perepráva) — voyage across a body of water
  • Ukrainian: перепра́ва (perepráva) — voyage across a body of water
  • Catalan: creuer — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Czech: křížení — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Galician: cruceiro — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Galician: transepto — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Hungarian: négyezet — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Macedonian: крстиште (krstište) — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Russian: средокре́стие (sredokréstije) — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Spanish: crucero — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Ukrainian: середохре́стя (seredoxréstja) — architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church
  • Italian: incrocio — graph theory
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