crossing
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/)
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ
NounEdit
crossing (plural crossings)
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- 2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque
Derived termsEdit
- common crossing
- crossing guard
- crossing keeper
- crossing loop
- crossing-sweeper
- diamond crossing
- flat crossing
- grade crossing
- level crossing
- pedestrian crossing
- pelican crossing
- puffin crossing
- railroad crossing
- school crossing attendant
- scissors crossing
- scramble crossing
- toucan crossing
- train crossing
- wildlife crossing
- zebra crossing
TranslationsEdit
intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
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place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed
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voyage across a body of water
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AdjectiveEdit
crossing (not comparable)
VerbEdit
crossing
ReferencesEdit
- “crossing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.