crossing (n.)

  1. traveling across

  2. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

    [ Syn: ford ]

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

  4. a junction where one street or road crosses another

    [ Syn: intersection , crossroad , crossway , carrefour ]

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

    [ Syn: crosswalk , crossover ]

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

    [ Syn: hybridization , hybridisation , crossbreeding , cross , interbreeding , hybridizing ]

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

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