English Online Dictionary. What means crossing? What does crossing mean?
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
By surface analysis, cross + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/)
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ
Noun
crossing (countable and uncountable, plural crossings)
- Cross-breeding.
- Opposition; thwarting.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
crossing (not comparable)
- (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
Verb
crossing
- present participle and gerund of cross
References
- “crossing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Anagrams
- scorings, scorsing